Literature Compendium

OBJECTIVE:

To design, implement, and evaluate an interprofessional learning workshop on pediatric prescribing.

DESIGN:

An interactive workshop on pediatric prescribing was designed and delivered by pediatricians and pharmacists to fourth-year medical and pharmacy students on 3 university campus settings. Students were assigned to either interprofessional workshop groups (pharmacy and medical students) or non-interprofessional workshop groups (medical students only).

ASSESSMENT:

Two hundred thirty students completed the workshops and 92% returned both the pre- and post-workshop questionnaires. Attitudes toward interprofessional learning significantly improved among students in the interprofessional workshop groups (p< 0.001) and confidence in prescribing for pediatric patients significantly improved among all students (p< 0.001).

CONCLUSIONS:

The workshop improved medical and pharmacy students' knowledge and confidence in pediatric prescribing and significantly improved their attitudes toward working and learning with other professionals.

PubMed URL: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22919087