Climate change is a public health crisis that exacerbates health issues and inequalities. Health professionals have the responsibility to understand climate-related health effects. Though climate change poses one of the biggest threats to health, most health students have not received formalized education on its health effects. Student-led initiatives may be integral in addressing the present gaps in knowledge. Bridges to Access (B2A) is an annual, free, student-led, interdisciplinary…

Background:Social and behavioral factors intersect with chronic health challenges, which are increasingly complex and multifactorial. Addressing these challenges requires interprofessional collaborations. Creative approaches are needed to prepare students for the realities of practice. Activities should be designed to prepare future healthcare providers, support development of competencies that cultivate ethical relationships, shared values, team building, professional interactions,…

Preparing students to work in complex healthcare environments calls for educational innovations to prepare for a collaborative workforce. In educational settings, health profession students are expected to learn from each other through interprofessional education (IPE) initiatives. To provide this education, agencies like the Interprofessional Education Collaborative (IPEC), recommend including outcome-based goals to assess the learner on attaining interprofessional competencies established…

Winner of the 2022 Interprofessional Student Achievement Award Background: CO-TEACH is a compact telehealth curriculum delivered to 36 interprofessional students across ten health professions from Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 2020-21 academic year. Student leaders and faculty collaborators from both universities partnered to create this novel curriculum. Course objectives…

BackgroundHealthcare educators are challenged with preparing students for a multidisciplinary team environment. Integrating interprofessional socialization and dual professional identity within healthcare curricula are important for developing the next generation of medical providers. Health Professions Accreditors Collaborative suggests that interprofessional socialization and dual professional identity are essential components for clinical practice success. Interprofessional…

With today’s complex health and social problems, it has become essential that healthcare professionals work to collectively utilize interprofessional knowledge and collaborative skills capable of better meeting the populations’ needs. Interprofessional education (IPE) is one of the ways these skills can be gained. Most interprofessional education (IPE) in North America occurs within graduate-level healthcare programs. The introduction of IPE at the undergraduate, pre-professional level has…

Background:Throughout the pandemic, medical students have gained less clinical exposure, reporting a lack of confidence in clinical and non-technical skills. The Clinical Skills Assistant (CSA) volunteer project addresses the lack of consistent opportunity for medical students to practise the skills expected of all junior doctors. We aim to improve competence and confidence in technical and non-technical skills by providing regular opportunity to perform these skills in a busy…