Meeting a Pandemic Challenge for Interprofessional Education for Nurse Graduate Students: Development of a Remote Session Using Case Studies

Jo Ann L Nicoteri

doi:10.1097/01.NEP.0000000000001097

Meeting a Pandemic Challenge for Interprofessional Education for Nurse Graduate Students: Development of a Remote Session Using Case Studies

Nurs Educ Perspect. 2022 Jan 18. doi: 10.1097/01.NEP.0000000000001097. Online ahead of print.

Author

Jo Ann L Nicoteri¹

Affiliation

¹ About the Author: Jo Ann L. Nicoteri, PhD, CRNP, FNP-BC, is an associate professor and director, Graduate Nursing Program, University of Scranton Department of Nursing, Scranton, Pennsylvania. The author acknowledges her colleague, the late Mary Jane S. Hanson, PhD, CRNP, CNS, FNP-BC, ACNS, FAANP, FAAN, professor and Graduate Nursing Program director at the University of Scranton for the development of the case studies, discussion questions, and participation in the program. For more information, contact Dr. Nicoteri at joann.nicoteri@scranton.edu.

PMID: 36649571
DOI: 10.1097/01.NEP.0000000000001097

Abstract

Interprofessional education has become a mainstay of undergraduate and graduate nursing curricula. However, with limitations to physical contact brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic, the ability to provide such an experience was challenged. A remote session involving graduate family nurse practitioner, physical therapy, and occupational therapy students was devised using case studies in small groups with a faculty facilitator. Students evaluated the event using the Student Perceptions of Interprofessional Clinical Education-Revised instrument, version 2. This article focuses on the development of the program and use of the instrument with graduate students.