The Great Escape: A Novel Approach to Collaborative Learning (Pilot)
<p>Healthcare continues toward team-based approaches in which multiple disciplines collaborate to ensure holistic patient care. National standards for intraprofessional collaboration guide curriculum design for entry-level occupational therapy (OT) and occupational therapy assistant (OTA) prog...
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Eastern Kentucky University
2023-04-01
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| author | K. Megan Carpenter Anthony D. Cunningham Laura Smith Kelly Krigbaum |
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| description | <p>Healthcare continues toward team-based approaches in which multiple disciplines collaborate to ensure holistic patient care. National standards for intraprofessional collaboration guide curriculum design for entry-level occupational therapy (OT) and occupational therapy assistant (OTA) programs to ensure students acquire specific skills and knowledge needed for current OT practices. Effective intraprofessional collaboration includes effective communication, respect, trust, and understanding of role delineation, which students prefer to learn in experiential, face-to-face formats. The purpose of this study was to examine OT and OTA students’ perspectives of participating in an educational escape room (EER) as a novel experience for intraprofessional education. Investigators created an EER with a healthcare plot and conducted it at two sites with 76 students, who had 60 minutes to solve puzzles based on OT/OTA knowledge to “escape” the room. Seventy-five students provided feedback on the EER in an online survey. Participants enjoyed working together in the EER, and felt it was a fun way to apply learned skills. They reported that collaboration was a key benefit and that this learning approach made them feel like equal contributors and created a sense of accomplishment. OT educators should consider including novel game-based learning activities such as EERs in their programs and in collaboration with other programs.</p>
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| spelling | doaj.art-57c21509d9bb47acb3ac4b1884290ca62023-12-05T19:50:20ZengEastern Kentucky UniversityJournal of Occupational Therapy Education2573-13782023-04-017210.26681/jote.2023.070209The Great Escape: A Novel Approach to Collaborative Learning (Pilot)K. Megan Carpenter0Anthony D. Cunningham1Laura Smith2Kelly Krigbaum3University Of Alabama At BirminghamUniversity of Alabama, BirminghamWallace State Community CollegeWallace State Community College<p>Healthcare continues toward team-based approaches in which multiple disciplines collaborate to ensure holistic patient care. National standards for intraprofessional collaboration guide curriculum design for entry-level occupational therapy (OT) and occupational therapy assistant (OTA) programs to ensure students acquire specific skills and knowledge needed for current OT practices. Effective intraprofessional collaboration includes effective communication, respect, trust, and understanding of role delineation, which students prefer to learn in experiential, face-to-face formats. The purpose of this study was to examine OT and OTA students’ perspectives of participating in an educational escape room (EER) as a novel experience for intraprofessional education. Investigators created an EER with a healthcare plot and conducted it at two sites with 76 students, who had 60 minutes to solve puzzles based on OT/OTA knowledge to “escape” the room. Seventy-five students provided feedback on the EER in an online survey. Participants enjoyed working together in the EER, and felt it was a fun way to apply learned skills. They reported that collaboration was a key benefit and that this learning approach made them feel like equal contributors and created a sense of accomplishment. OT educators should consider including novel game-based learning activities such as EERs in their programs and in collaboration with other programs.</p> intraprofessional educationoccupational therapy educationgame-based learningeducational escape roomnovel educational methods |
| spellingShingle | K. Megan Carpenter Anthony D. Cunningham Laura Smith Kelly Krigbaum The Great Escape: A Novel Approach to Collaborative Learning (Pilot) Journal of Occupational Therapy Education intraprofessional education occupational therapy education game-based learning educational escape room novel educational methods |
| title | The Great Escape: A Novel Approach to Collaborative Learning (Pilot) |
| title_full | The Great Escape: A Novel Approach to Collaborative Learning (Pilot) |
| title_fullStr | The Great Escape: A Novel Approach to Collaborative Learning (Pilot) |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Great Escape: A Novel Approach to Collaborative Learning (Pilot) |
| title_short | The Great Escape: A Novel Approach to Collaborative Learning (Pilot) |
| title_sort | great escape a novel approach to collaborative learning pilot |
| topic | intraprofessional education occupational therapy education game-based learning educational escape room novel educational methods |
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