EC Nursing and Healthcare

Understanding the roles and responsibilities of each member on a team is critical to successful collaboration particularly in a healthcare setting. While research on interdisciplinary education continues to advance, it is necessary to first ensure student proficiency in the more basic core competencies identified by the Interprofessional Education Collaborative Core [1]. Literature suggests that students lack understanding and appreciation for each discipline’s roles/responsibilities [2]. The purpose of this paper is to reflect on a pre-post survey study involving groups of 5 - 7 students from three disciplines who participated in a health mentorship program. The results of the study showed an increase in knowledge of interdisciplinary roles by participating in the health mentorship program and revealed the students’ highly valued interactions with health mentors and students from other disciplines.

Keywords: Interprofessional Education Program; Health Science; Health Mentors

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