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Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science: HMTD 500 Interprofessional Healthcare Teams course

Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science (RFUMS) has responded to the challenge of interprofessional training by designing a one-credit-hour, pass/fail course called HMTD 500: Interprofessional Healthcare Teams (2, 16). The course is a required experiential learning opportunity where students interact in interprofessional healthcare teams. Students focus on a collaborative approach to patient-centered care, with emphasis on team interaction, communication, service learning, evidence-based practice, and quality improvement.

The course, which was instituted in 2004, spans the months of August–March every year, and has evolved into three separate components each with its own course director: a required didactic component (Table 1), a required service learning component, and a clinical component with limited enrollment.

Table 1
Table 1
RFUMS HMTD 500 interprofessional healthcare teams course objectives
During the course, all first-year students (approximately 480) are grouped into 16-member interprofessional teams. Each team has student representation from allopathic and podiatric medicine, clinical laboratory, medical radiation physic, nurse anesthetists, pathologists’ assistants, psychology, and physician assistants. Each team has a faculty or staff member, with a minimum of a master's degree, serving as a mentor. Mentors are trained prior to each class, and the lunch hour of every class day is set aside for mentors to review material and ask questions if necessary.
practice they view and get a chance to learn from the mistakes of mistakes. (Barwell, Arnold, & Berry, 2013)