TY - JOUR
T1 - Interprofessional learning community
T2 - Educating dietetic and other health profession students through an interdisciplinary, service-learning experience
AU - Horacek, Tanya
AU - Brann, Lynn
AU - Erdman, Maria
AU - Middlemiss, Mary Ann
AU - Raj, Sudha
PY - 2009/1
Y1 - 2009/1
N2 - Dietetic professionals require education and experience to work effectively in interprofessional settings. An interdisciplinary team of faculty created a nonresidential learning community (LC) for students with upper-class standing (nutrition, nursing, social work, and child and family studies). The LC included academic, social, cultural, interprofessional, and service-learning experiences. The LC discussions focused on cultural awareness/competence, policy advocacy, and global health and disparity issues. The service-learning experiences successfully challenged the students' interprofessional competencies and contributed to the goal of creating community partnerships. The development, implementation, and sustainability of an interprofessional LC are contingent upon a variety of administrative, cultural, and academic factors.
AB - Dietetic professionals require education and experience to work effectively in interprofessional settings. An interdisciplinary team of faculty created a nonresidential learning community (LC) for students with upper-class standing (nutrition, nursing, social work, and child and family studies). The LC included academic, social, cultural, interprofessional, and service-learning experiences. The LC discussions focused on cultural awareness/competence, policy advocacy, and global health and disparity issues. The service-learning experiences successfully challenged the students' interprofessional competencies and contributed to the goal of creating community partnerships. The development, implementation, and sustainability of an interprofessional LC are contingent upon a variety of administrative, cultural, and academic factors.
KW - Dietetics education
KW - Interdisciplinary
KW - Interprofessional education
KW - Learning community
KW - Service learning
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U2 - 10.1097/TIN.0b013e3181977fae
DO - 10.1097/TIN.0b013e3181977fae
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:68549099789
SN - 0883-5691
VL - 24
SP - 6
EP - 15
JO - Topics in Clinical Nutrition
JF - Topics in Clinical Nutrition
IS - 1
ER -