LAB EXERCISE:  ROLES AND SCENARIOS

OBJECTIVES

For this lab exercise you will:

1. Explain roles and responsibilities of other providers and how the team works together to provide care, promote health, and prevent illness (IPEC, 2011, RR4).
2. Use the full scope of knowledge, skills, and abilities of professionals from health and other fields to provide care that is safe, timely, efficient, effective, and equitable (IPEC, 2011, RR5).
3. Use unique and complementary abilities of all members of the team to optimize health and patient care (IPEC, 2011, RR9).

INSTRUCTIONS

1. As a team or as individuals, decide which healthcare professions should be involved the patient’s care in each scenario. (Hint:  not all roles need to be involved for each case).
2. Then, write a rationale for why each healthcare profession is needed for each scenario.

SCENARIOS

Scenario #1:  18-year-old Elite gymnast with a femur fracture from a motor vehicle accident who is ready to resume training.

1. Circle the Healthcare professions that would be involved in this patient’s care: Dietitian, Athletic Trainer, Hospital Administrator, Nurse, Speech Language Pathologist, Pharmacist, Physical Therapist, Physician Assistant, Social Worker, Public Health Specialist, Occupational Therapist, Other__________________
2. What healthcare professions would provide care to the person who was in the motor vehicle accident?  Why?

Scenario #2:  16-year-old soccer player who sustained a second game-related concussion who is having headaches and focusing issues at high school.

1. Circle the Healthcare professions that would be involved in this patient’s care: Dietitian, Athletic Trainer, Hospital Administrator, Nurse, Speech Language Pathologist, Pharmacist, Physical Therapist, Physician Assistant, Social Worker, Public Health Specialist, Occupational Therapist, Other__________________
2. What healthcare professions would provide care to the person who has sustained multiple concussion?  Why?

Scenario #3:  25-year-old with bilateral below-the-knee amputations due to an individual explosion device (IED) who is ready to train for the wheelchair basketball team in hopes of participating in the Paralympics.

1. Circle the Healthcare professions that would be involved in this patient’s care: Dietitian, Athletic Trainer, Hospital Administrator, Nurse, Speech Language Pathologist, Pharmacist, Physical Therapist, Physician Assistant, Social Worker, Public Health Specialist, Occupational Therapist, Other__________________
2. What healthcare professions would provide care to the person who was the victim of an IED?  Why?

Scenario #4:  42-year-old person without health insurance that requires a kidney transplant due to multi-organ failure related to a viral illness.

1. Circle the Healthcare professions that would be involved in this patient’s care: Dietitian, Athletic Trainer, Hospital Administrator, Nurse, Speech Language Pathologist, Pharmacist, Physical Therapist, Physician Assistant, Social Worker, Public Health Specialist, Occupational Therapist, Other__________________
2. What healthcare professions would provide care to the person who needs a kidney transplant? Why?

Scenario #5:  62-year-old person who has survived a stroke and has left-sided paralysis and communication difficulties who is stable and being transferred to a rehabilitation unit.

1. Circle the Healthcare professions that would be involved in this patient’s care: Dietitian, Athletic Trainer, Hospital Administrator, Nurse, Speech Language Pathologist, Pharmacist, Physical Therapist, Physician Assistant, Social Worker, Public Health Specialist, Occupational Therapist, Other__________________
2. What healthcare professions would provide care to the person who survived a stroke and is being transferred to rehab? Why?

RUBRIC – Roles and Scenarios

REFERENCE

Interprofessional Education Collaborative Expert Panel.  (2011). Core competencies for interprofessional practice:  Report of an expert panel.  Washington, D.C.:  Interprofessional Education Collaborative