Strategies to Build Cultural Competence in Preparation for Immersive Global Health Experiences: An Interprofessional Small Group Activity

Criteria for Registering the IPE Experience

• Involvement of two or more professions.
• Opportunities to learn about, from, and with one another.
• Significant interactivity between participants.
• Teaching and/or learning about interprofessional practice and education is intentionally integrated into the activity. Interprofessional practice and education constructs are targeted with IPE learning objectives are also discussed, trained, reviewed, and/or assessed as part of the learning activity.

Type of IPE Experience

• Workshop, interactive demo, or small group activity

IPEC Core Competencies Targeted by this IPE Experience

• Communication: Communicate in a responsive, responsible, respectful, and compassionate manner with team members.
• Roles and Responsibilities: Use the knowledge of one’s own role and team members’ expertise to address individual and population health outcomes.
• Teams and Teamwork: Apply values and principles of the science of teamwork to adapt one's own role in a variety of team settings.
• Values and Ethics: Work with team members to maintain a climate of shared values, ethical conduct, and mutual respect.

Quintuple Aim Strategic Goals Discussed in this IPE Experience

• Advancing health equity
• Enhancing the experience of care
• Improving patient and/or population health outcomes

Level of IPE Integration

• Exposure Level: Consists of introductory learning activities that provide learners with the opportunity to interact and learn from professionals and peers from disciplines beyond their own. The desired outcome for activities offered at the exposure level is that learners will gain a deeper understanding of their own profession while gaining an appreciation for the perspective and roles of other professions.

Attendance or Participation in the IPE Experience

• Portfolio credit
• Preparation training prior to an immersive global health experience

Frequency of the IPE Experience

• Training program prior to the global health education experience.

Duration and/or Timeline of the IPE Experience

• 02. 1 to 3 hours

Campus and/or Location of the IPE Experience

• Lubbock

Average Number of Learners Participating in the IPE Experience

• 02. 51 to 100

Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Audiences

• Biomedical Sciences, MS
• Biomedical Sciences, PhD
• Biotechnology, MS
• Graduate Medical Sciences, MS
• Pharmaceutical Sciences, MS
• Pharmaceutical Sciences, PhD

School of Health Professions Audiences

• Addiction Counseling, MS
• Athletic Training, MAT
• Audiology, AuD
• Medical Laboratory Science (Certificate)
• Medical Laboratory Science (Second Degree), BS
• Medical Laboratory Science, BS
• Clinical Mental Health Counseling, MS
• Clinical Rehabilitation Counseling, MS
• Healthcare Administration, MS
• Healthcare Management, BS
• Molecular Pathology, MS
• Occupational Therapy, OTD
• Occupational Therapy (Post-Professional), OTD-P
• Physical Therapy, DPT
• Rehabilitation Science, ScD
• Physician Assistant Studies, MPAS
• Rehabilitation Science, PhD
• Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences (Second Degree), BS
• Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, BS
• Speech-Language Pathology, MS

School of Medicine Audiences

• MS 1
• MS 2
• MS 3
• MS 4
• Residents

School of Nursing Audiences

• Doctor of Nursing Practice
• Graduate MSN
• Post-Master’s/Advanced Practice
• RN to BSN
• Second Degree BSN
• Traditional BSN
• Veteran BSN

School of Pharmacy Audiences

• P1
• P2
• P3
• P4
• SOP Residents

School of Population and Public Health Audiences

• Public Health, Certificate
• Public Health, MPH Online
• Public Health, MPH Traditional

Other

Values and Ethics

• VE01. Promote the values and interests of persons and populations in health care delivery, One Health, and population health initiatives.
• VE03. Uphold the dignity, privacy, identity, and autonomy of persons while maintaining confidentiality in the delivery of team-based care.
• VE04. Value diversity, identities, cultures, and differences.
• VE05. Value the expertise of health professionals and its impacts on team functions and health outcomes.
• VE06. Collaborate with honesty and integrity while striving for health equity and improvements in health outcomes.
• VE08. Apply high standards of ethical conduct and quality in contributions to team-based care.

Roles and Responsibilities

• RR03. Incorporate complementary expertise to meet health needs including the determinants of health.
• RR04. Differentiate each team member’s role, scope of practice, and responsibility in promoting health outcomes.

Communication

• C02. Use communication tools, techniques, and technologies to enhance team function, well-being, and health outcomes.
• C03. Communicate clearly with authenticity and cultural humility, avoiding discipline-specific terminology.
• C04. Promote common understanding of shared goals.
• C07. Examine one’s position, power, role, unique experience, expertise, and culture towards improving communication and managing conflicts.

Teams and Teamwork

• TT03. Practice team reasoning, problem-solving, and decision-making.
• TT05. Apply interprofessional conflict management methods, including identifying conflict cause and addressing divergent perspectives.
• TT06. Reflect on self and team performance to inform and improve team effectiveness.
• TT10. Discuss organizational structures, policies, practices, resources, access to information, and timing issues that impact the effectiveness of the team.