The Interprofessional Diabetes Education and Awareness Initiative: Building Collaborative Skills for 21st Century Healthcare
Start Date
November 2025
End Date
November 2025
Keywords
collaboration, teams, leadership
Abstract
The Interprofessional Diabetes Education and Awareness (IDEA) Initiative is designed to provide a high-quality interprofessional education experience while addressing a pressing need in Broward County. This 25-minute presentation will focus on the learning objectives, guiding theoretical framework, strategic design and participant and student outcomes of this experiential learning.
This unique service-learning experience unites students and faculty from 14 different health care professions working on interprofessional teams to provide diabetes prevention and management education in the Tri-County area.
Attendees will have the opportunity to ask questions at the end. We hope this session inspires you to build a similar model to promote learning and engagement in the classroom or beyond the classroom!
Learning Outcomes
Learning Outcomes
1. Participants will learn about an interprofessional diabetes prevention and management model that builds partnerships between community organizations and university faculty and students to promote student and participant learning and change.
2. Participants will understand the Interprofessional Core Competencies and other theories that support collaborative learning.
3. Participants will understand the outcomes of this experience for the students involved in serving on the interprofessional teams.
Session Type
25-Minute Session
The Interprofessional Diabetes Education and Awareness Initiative: Building Collaborative Skills for 21st Century Healthcare
The Interprofessional Diabetes Education and Awareness (IDEA) Initiative is designed to provide a high-quality interprofessional education experience while addressing a pressing need in Broward County. This 25-minute presentation will focus on the learning objectives, guiding theoretical framework, strategic design and participant and student outcomes of this experiential learning.
This unique service-learning experience unites students and faculty from 14 different health care professions working on interprofessional teams to provide diabetes prevention and management education in the Tri-County area.
Attendees will have the opportunity to ask questions at the end. We hope this session inspires you to build a similar model to promote learning and engagement in the classroom or beyond the classroom!