Theme 3: Crossing Interprofessional, Intercultural, and Interpersonal
Boundaries in Knowledge Building
Shared Resources: Telementoring and Distributed Expertise
U
of T Pain Week design experiment: Interprofessional knowledge building
in a knowledge translation program
Leila Lax, Division of Biomedical Communication, University of Toronto, ON, Canada
Leila Lax, Division of Biomedical Communication, University of Toronto, ON, Canada
Aim: Phase 1 of this design experiment examined interprofessional (IP) knowledge building (KB) by undergraduate students (n=70). Phase 2 examined IP KB by pain experts (n=16). The same clinical case scenarios were used in the latest version of KF technology, KF4. The course was accredited by the University of Toronto, Faculty of Medicine, Continuing Education/Knowledge Translation program and run as a research study in conjunction with Pain Week 2003.
Methods: A mixed methods design experiment methodology was used (Creswell,1994; Brown, 1993; Bereiter, 2002). Attitudes and opinions were surveyed online. Data was exported to Excel and analyzed in SPSS. KF Analytic Toolkit generated activity and KB statistics. Qualitative analyses of selected KB principles will be performed and pain conceptions/misconceptions will be analyzed. Pre/Post-test of pain beliefs and a Reflective Practice survey were administered. Student and expert KB profiles will be compared.
Results: Experts highly rated their IP KB experience (83% ex/vg/g). Eleven of twelve respondents indicated that their experience was useful, discourse was purposeful and supported availability of more online courses. Most perceived enhanced educational outcomes of new knowledge (92%), multi-perspectives (100%) and deeper understanding of interprofessional roles (83%). Results of other analyses are forthcoming.
Conclusions: Initial feedback on experts perceptions strongly support the IP KB model developed to advance knowledge translation in practice. POSTER DETAILS: Best practice (as demonstrated in the undergraduate student scenario of this design experiment) is defined by development of more robust understanding of teamwork. “Beyond best practice” is defined by advancing ideas on interprofessional patient management for better health care outcomes – this is the challenge of symmetric, sustainable, deep knowledge building for translation in practice.
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