Experiential
Learning Assignment
Interdisciplinary
Team/Collaborative Meeting
Points
Possible: 10
Purpose
The purpose of this activity is to engage in an
interdisciplinary team meeting that is addressing a public health need within
your community.
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Preparation
1. Read Schoon et al. (2019) Chapter 8
2. Identify an interdisciplinary team [or collaborative
meeting] in your community that addresses a public health need in your
community (i.e. smoking, alcohol, obesity, wellness, homeless, domestic
violence, youth/senior issue, etc.). Please note that this
interdisciplinary/collaborative meeting should NOT be a patient specific
(case management, discharge planning, etc.) meeting in a healthcare setting
(i.e. hospital, clinic).
Instructions/Grading
Criteria
Contact
collaborative member to request attendance at a meeting
Attend
1 or more meetings of this collaborative.
Obtain
a copy of the meeting agenda or take notes at the meeting (point
deductions if not submitted).
Interview
a collaborative member (ideally the team chair or someone in a
leadership position) and/or gather information from the collaborative’s
website or other resources. Include a statement in your paper if you are
unable to interview someone.
Your
paper should include the following:
Collaboration
Overview: (1) Name of Interdisciplinary
team/Collaborative; (2) name of contact person within collaborative; (3)
length in existence; (4) mission and goals of collaborative; (5) how
does this collaborative promote its mission to the community; and (6)
who are the members (partners)? Not individual names but entities they
represent (i.e. nurses, police officers, community members, etc.)
Public
Health Issues: What are the public health issues addressed by this
collaborative? Identify the target population for this collaborative
(who is affected by this public health issue with your community).
Collaborative
Planning: Do they use evidence-based, credible sources for
program planning? What data has been collected by the collaborative to
assist in planning activities/interventions? What additional data do
they/you feel would be useful? What are the barriers to collecting this
data?
Partners: How
does this team promote buy-in from partners? Identify the buy-in needed
from partners for this interdisciplinary team/collaborative to be
successful.
Collaborative
Outcomes: Identify past accomplishments of the team.
Reflection:
As a
community member, do you feel this collaboration is well received by the
community? How do you know this to be true?
Identify
a partner that you believe could enhance the work of this collaboration.
Identify
additional ways that the mission and goals of this collaboration could
be promoted in the community.
Identify
the role nursing does/could bring to this collaboration?
Assignment
Submission
Submit an APA formatted paper in the D2L assignment
dropbox by the due date specified in the course calendar. Please use the
above bolded assignment criteria for paper headers.
You must also submit collaborative agenda (or if not
available submit your meeting notes)
