Critically Read and Annotate:
The following articles can be found on the AOTA website. Choose an article to read and annotate in an area of particular interest to you and copy it into the search bar on the AOTA website.
Home Sweet Home: Interprofessional Team Helps Older Adults Age in Place Safely (2013)
Community Based Interprofessional Experiences in Education: Real –Life Learning about Older Adults (2014)
Telehealth and Interprofessional Education (2015)
Increasing Accessibility Through Interprofessional Education (2017)
Interprofessional Education in an Assistive Technology Program for Children with Special Needs (2017)
Function and Fashionable: An IPE Experience Exploring Fashion Design (2017)
Better Together: Team Collaboration in Early Intervention (2018)
Interprofessional Collaborations in Maternal Health (2018)
Using Interprofessional Collaboration to Help Patients with Dysphagia (2018)
Write:
Write a five paragraph essay on interprofessional collaboration in which you summarize, analyze and reflect on your chosen article. If you need ideas on how to outline your paper, you may use the following structure:
Begin with a brief introductory paragraph with the title of the article you chose and the author. Include a thesis sentence that provides the purpose of your essay.
Your first body paragraph can be a summary of the purpose of the collaboration, the team and the team’s roles. Use your article as evidence.
Your second body paragraph can summarize what methods/activities the team used to collaborate, along with an analysis of the effectiveness of the team’s collaboration. Use your article as evidence.
Your third body paragraph can address client outcomes. Use your article as evidence.
In your conclusion, write about what suggestions, additions, new perspectives, or improvements you would suggest, if you were able.
Use the APA Guide (Links to an external site.) to provide proper in-text cites and references.
