Understanding a college of health and human service’s needs around interprofessional education, research, and practice: A needs assessment
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2024
Department/School
Nursing
Publication Title
Journal of Interprofessional Practice and Collaboration
Abstract
Introduction: A needs assessment can demonstrate when improvement is needed for an organization to function more optimally.
Methods: A college’s emerging interprofessional education center provided the impetus for the needs assessment in an effort to identify and respond effectively to faculty interprofessional education needs.
Results: Twenty-four health professions faculty from the college completed the needs assessment survey, which indicated their experiences with interprofessional education as well as their needs to enhance interprofessional education support at the university.
Discussion: The results of this needs assessment will drive the center’s strategic activities and indicate areas of future research in understanding faculty needs.
Implications for Education: 1) The outcomes of the needs assessment will inform the services offered by the college interprofessional education center; 2) The information in this article provides guidance for other college interprofessional education center administrators and faculty interested in determining how to successfully provide and promote interprofessional education.
Recommended Citation
Hoffman, J. L., Graves, J., & Zakrajsek, A. G. (2024). Understanding a college of health and human service’s needs around interprofessional education, research, and practice: A needs assessment. Journal of Interprofessional Practice and Collaboration, 5(1). https://repository.ulm.edu/ojihp/vol5/iss1/1
Comments
J. L. Hoffman is a faculty member in EMU's School of Nursing.
J. Graves is a faculty member in EMU's School of Social Work.
A. G. Zakrajsek is a faculty member in EMU's School of Health Sciences.