Improving Interprofessional Collaboration Between Social Work and Pharmacy Through Hybrid and Virtual Learning Experiences.

The professions of pharmacy and social work are not generally assumed to directly collaborate in patient care; however, these professions are complementary. Health and wellbeing outcomes are significantly improved when care is managed by an interprofessional team that communicates and collaborates to ensure all aspects of care are effectively managed. The creation of educational opportunities for students to practice working together provides enhanced educational experiences and leads to their success as professionals.

Leveraging the Hawai'i Nurse Residency Collaborative to Optimize Statewide Workforce Goals.

This article describes the planning and implementation of the Hawai'i Nurse Residency Program (HNRP). The HNRP provides a shared, adaptable nurse residency program model. Through the HNRP, Hawai'i achieved high new-graduate retention and addressed other state initiatives.

The Development and Implementation of a School-Based Dental Sealant Program for Hawaii Public Schools.

Background: School-based dental sealant programs are noted to increase sealant uptake among children, especially those from low-income families and those living in rural and underserved areas. However, nationally school-based dental sealant programs are substantially underutilized. This paper describes a partnership approach to a school-based dental sealant program for Title 1 public schools in Hawaii.

Interprofessional telehealth simulations for pharmacy and nursing students: Development and evaluation of an online experience.

Introduction: The authors evaluated student achievement of interprofessional education (IPE) core competencies during two formats (one hybrid and one completely online) of an IPE simulation designed for pharmacy and nursing students.

Methods: This IPE simulation was designed to teach students to use distance technologies to collaborate on patient care. In 2019, pharmacy (n = 83) and nursing (n = 38) students attended the hybrid (in-person and online) IPE simulation (SIM 2019) with the use of a telepresence robot.

Interprofessional Disaster Simulation During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Adapting to Fully Online Learning.

Background: This paper describes the rapid conversion of a face-to-face interprofessional (IP) disaster simulation to an online format in response to COVID-19 campus closures.

Methods: The online disaster simulation utilized internet-based tools allowing real-time collaboration between IP students. Team exercises involved disaster triage, disease outbreak investigation, and disaster response.

Five Years and Moving Forward: A Successful Joint Academic-Practice Public Partnership to Improve the Health of Hawaii's Schoolchildren.

Background: In 2014, the Hawaii Department of Education (DOE), the only statewide school system in the United States, predominately enrolled children (keiki) from underserved communities and lacked school nurses or a school health program. Chronic absenteeism due to health concerns was identified as a barrier to academic success.

Methods: The DOE and a public university created Hawaii Keiki: Healthy and Ready to Learn (HK), a program to provide school-based services for 170 Title 1 schools in urban and rural settings and build momentum for statewide collective action.

Integrating family and friend support, information technology, and diabetes education in community-centric diabetes self-management.

Objective: Diabetes self-management (DSM) education, social support, and information technology interventions can improve patient engagement and health. A major challenge is animating, integrating, and accessing resources in under-resourced, rural communities. Set in an island community in Hawai'i, this study piloted a program that integrated friend-and-family support, community health services, telehealth-enabled DSM education, and mobile technologies by activating the community's social capital to support the program.