From I to We: The Evolution of Individual Students from Seven Health Professions Programs to a Functioning Interprofessional Team.

This study presents a qualitative thematic analysis of the conversations between students from clinical mental health counseling (CMHC), occupational therapy (OT), nursing, physician assistant (PA), physical therapy (PT), social work (SW), and speech-language pathology (SLP) programs at an interprofessional education (IPE) symposium. The analysis describes the evolution from individuals to a collaborative interprofessional team, capturing the evolution as it unfolded. During a 1-day IPE symposium, conversations from one table of 11 students and a faculty facilitator were recorded and analyzed.

Promoting Interprofessional Collaboration-Related Competencies in Students from Seven Health Professions.

Health professions students in their final year of the mental health counseling (MHC), nursing, occupational therapy (OT), pharmacy, physical therapy, physician assistant, and speech/language pathology programs at Touro University participated in a virtual interprofessional education (IPE) symposium designed to promote interprofessional collaboration. The students worked as an interprofessional team with a faculty facilitator to first create a plan of care and later a discharge plan for a fictitious patient. At the completion of the symposium, 281 out of 311 students completed the Interprofessional Collaborative Competency Attainment Survey (ICCAS), a tool that assesses competency in collaborative practice.

Diversity in osteopathic medical school admissions and the COMPASS program: an update.

In the United States, the 40 colleges of osteopathic medicine and 157 schools of allopathic medicine face challenges in recruiting candidates who are underrepresented in medicine (URiM), and gaps in racial disparity appear to be widening. In this commentary, the authors provide an analysis of the data collected from 8 years of conducting a URiM recruitment and welcoming social events. The event is sponsored by a student special interest group called Creating Osteopathic Minority Physicians Who Achieve Scholastic Success (COMPASS) at the Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine - New York (TouroCOM-NY).