2 29 The validation of geriatric cases for IPE The cases and setting In our setting it was logistically easy to include medical and nursing students, so we focused on these two groups in this study. In future studies, other professions, e.g. physical therapy and social work, can be included following the same methodology. We constructed four cases to be used in our nursing and medical curriculum in a classroom setting, during a one-year training period. Since skills and knowledge increase over time, the four cases needed to have different levels of difficulty. To determine on which prior knowledge and competencies the cases could be built on, we consulted nursing and medical educators on the geriatric content of both curricula. The problems that were discussed needed to be recognisable and frequently occur in clinical practice. For each case, the students worked in pairs of medical students and nursing students to develop treatment plans. The students’ treatment plans were assessed by comparing them to a standard validated treatment plan formulated by the experts. Figure 2.1 presents an impression of the items that needed to be validated for each case. In the six steps, we validated: • The content of the cases (patient description and treatment plan); • The scoring (difficulty and scoring of treatment plan). Figure 2.1: Visual impression of a case Patient description History ……………….. Social circumstances ……………….. Currenthealth problem ……………….. ……………….. Etc. Treatment plan Scoring Additional investigation ……………….. 1? Medication ……………….. 1? Consults ……………….. 1? ……………….. 1? Etc. CASE 1 Difficulty score: …? Note: content: red; scoring: green
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy MTk4NDMw