Event Title
Interprofessional Community-Based Service Learning Seminar
Location
Dolan School of Business
Start Date
29-5-2014 5:00 PM
End Date
29-5-2014 6:15 PM
Session Type
Poster Presentation
Description
The Interprofessional Community-Based Service Learning Seminars provided students with opportunities to collaborate on a community service learning project by working with, by and from each other. Students from multiple majors participated in a seminar with a focus on health, safety and/or wellness in the local community. Students worked together with various populations beginning with a needs assessment, planning and implementation of a health promotion program, and follow up after the program was completed. Various assignments including a reflection component throughout the experience were completed individually and collaboratively during the weeklong seminar. The feedback from the seminar was positive and there was a desire to shift this seminar to create a credit bearing course offering from the faculty, students, and administrators.
This course was set up to be a community service learning offering, however, it also encompassed a unique interprofessional focus unlike any existing service learning course. Learners were introduced to the Core Competencies for Interprofessional Collaborative Practice while learning about each other and the discipline s/he is pursuing in an interactive learning environment. Leaders emerged at various stages of development and implementation of the program. Upon completion of the seminar, the participants’ surveys reflected positive learning experiences both while working collaboratively with student peers and with the community partners.
Topic Designation
Community-engaged teaching and scholarship
Presenter Bio(s)
Tracy Van Oss, DHSc, MPH, OTR/L
Associate Professor of Occupational Therapy
Quinnipiac University
Meghan McCaffrey MA, ATC, LAT
Assistant Clinical Professor of Athletic Training
Quinnipiac University
Julie Booth, DPT, PCS
Clinical Assistant Professor of Physical Therapy
Quinnipiac University
Interprofessional Community-Based Service Learning Seminar
Dolan School of Business
The Interprofessional Community-Based Service Learning Seminars provided students with opportunities to collaborate on a community service learning project by working with, by and from each other. Students from multiple majors participated in a seminar with a focus on health, safety and/or wellness in the local community. Students worked together with various populations beginning with a needs assessment, planning and implementation of a health promotion program, and follow up after the program was completed. Various assignments including a reflection component throughout the experience were completed individually and collaboratively during the weeklong seminar. The feedback from the seminar was positive and there was a desire to shift this seminar to create a credit bearing course offering from the faculty, students, and administrators.
This course was set up to be a community service learning offering, however, it also encompassed a unique interprofessional focus unlike any existing service learning course. Learners were introduced to the Core Competencies for Interprofessional Collaborative Practice while learning about each other and the discipline s/he is pursuing in an interactive learning environment. Leaders emerged at various stages of development and implementation of the program. Upon completion of the seminar, the participants’ surveys reflected positive learning experiences both while working collaboratively with student peers and with the community partners.