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Pacific University Interprofessional Diabetes Clinic
Type of Project: Clinical Education
Description of the Project: To address the needs of the growing population with diabetes and prepare students for future healthcare delivery, Pacific University’s Colleges of Optometry and Health Professions have developed innovative opportunities for interprofessional educa- tion (IPE) and culturally sensitive collaborative practice.
Since June 2010, Pacific’s Interprofessional Diabetes Clinic (IDC), has employed a new teaching and patient-centered service model, providing optometry, dental health, physical and occupational therapy, mental health, pharmacy, audiology, and physician assistant services to the underserved local population. Patients access the IDC through community health centers, outreach efforts, and other university-based clinics.
Patients are evaluated by student/faculty teams from up to three disciplines during an initial morning visit. They return on a subsequent morning for evaluation by the remaining disci- plines. Each morning patient care session concludes with an afternoon case management conference for each patient, presented by student teams to all attending students and faculty providers, facilitated by an integrated electronic health record.
The bilingual/bicultural Patient Care Coordinator facilitates navigation of the predominantly Latino patients, coordinating follow-up care, comprehensive reports to the patients’ PCPs, additional community services, and patient/family education in diabetes/chronic disease self-management (Stanford University Chronic Disease Self-Management Program,Tomando Control de su Salud, http://patienteducation.stanford.edu).
Why the Project was Selected: The urgent need for health care reform and dramatic increase in chronic disease calls for innovative and coordinated approaches to health care delivery that focus on prevention and wellness, effectively reach at risk, under-served pop- ulations, and that are responsive to community needs. This project employs a model of interprofessional care that, through collaboration by the Colleges of Optometry and Health Professions, addresses Pacific University’s mission and commitment to being a “diverse and sustainable community dedicated to discovery and excellence in teaching, scholarship and practice,” inspiring “students to think, create, care and pursue justice in our world,” while preparing them for future healthcare delivery and serving the needs of a growing underserved population via improved access and coordination of quality services in a convenient, efficient, and culturally sensitive environment.
Learning Objectives: Learning objectives are centered on the IPEC core competencies: Roles and Responsibilities; Interprofessional Communication; Teamwork; and Mutual Respect and Shared Values. During the IPC orientation prior to patient care, from 8:00 – 8:30 am, students and faculty introduce themselves and offer a meaningful experience or misconcep- tion about their profession or its scope to the entire group, as an introduction to their roles and responsibilities and as an “ice-breaker” for interprofessional communication.
June 2020 ASCO IPECP Toolkit
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