2024 Volume 44 Pages 385-396
Objective: To develop an educational program to enhance the interprofessional collaborative competencies of discharge planning nurses and evaluate its efficacy.
Method: The study design is a before-and-after comparison of two groups, one of which participated in the educational program and one of which did not. The intervention group was provided with an online educational program based on the ARCS model featuring experiential learning in a laboratory format intended to promote a conscious effort to continue learning autonomously.
Results: In terms of discharge planning competency, a significant increase was observed in participants’ estimation, consensus-building, and coordination abilities, and in terms of interprofessional collaborative competency, a significant increase was observed in professional conviction and achievement of team goals. However, there was no significant increase in team management, patient-centered care, team cohesion, and professional role performance.
Conclusion: The results suggest that this educational program had the effects of clarifying the roles and beliefs of discharge planning nurses through acquisition of necessary knowledge, peer support, and dialogue with people from various professions who work from home, and cultivating a mindset of proactive engagement through reflection using a rating scale. In the future, it will be necessary to accumulate practical experience in interprofessional collaboration and to provide ongoing in-service training.
