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. 2020 Feb 17;37(1):Doc4.
doi: 10.3205/zma001297. eCollection 2020.

Protecting children across borders - child protection in an international context (Germany/Switzerland) as an interprofessional teaching unit

Franziska Krampe  1 , Stephanie Peters  1 , Christine Straub  1 , Sebastian Bode  1
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Protecting children across borders - child protection in an international context (Germany/Switzerland) as an interprofessional teaching unit

Franziska Krampe et al. GMS J Med Educ. .

Abstract
in English, German

Introduction: Interprofessional collaboration (IPC) in everyday clinical practice is a prerequisite for good patient care but currently this is not sufficiently anchored in the education of health care professionals. Project description: A course on child protection in the interprofessional and international domain was established at the Medical School, University of Freiburg. In this course, students of medicine, nursing science and social work acquire skills for successful interprofessional cooperation. Its participants learn across professional and national borders, not only with but also from and about each other. In this way, they deepen their insights into international IPC through a key topic that is relevant to many disciplines. The course is run as a one-day campus day. This paper presents the course setup and evaluation results. Methods: The evaluation was carried out online and in writing in a before and after format using the Freiburg Questionnaire for Interprofessional Learning Evaluation (FILE) in addition to oral feedback. Learning objectives for IPC and child protection were formulated and the participants were asked about their subjective achievements. Results: From summer semester (SuSe) 2017 to SuSe 2018, 39 participants took part in the course. It was rated as m=1.5 (using German school grades where 1=very good, 6=unsatisfactory). In 18 of the 26 FILE items, participants report a self-assessed increase in knowledge or skills/abilities. This growth in learning coincides with the learning objectives set. Discussion & conclusion: From the perspective of the participants, the course teaches interprofessional competencies in an international setting and is seen as an informative course offer. The continuation or expansion of such courses as a supplement to purely single-country interprofessional courses is desirable.

Einleitung: Interprofessionelle Zusammenarbeit (Interprofessional Collaboration, IPC) im klinischen Alltag ist Voraussetzung für eine gute PatientInnenversorgung, bisher bereitet die Ausbildung in Gesundheitsberufen darauf aber zu wenig vor.Projektbeschreibung: In Freiburg i. Br. wurde eine Lehrveranstaltung (LV) zum Kinderschutz im interprofessionellen und internationalen Umfeld etabliert. Dort erwerben Studierende der Medizin, Pflegewissenschaft und Sozialen Arbeit gemeinsam Kompetenzen für eine erfolgreiche interprofessionelle (IP) Zusammenarbeit. Dabei lernen die Teilnehmenden (TN) grenzüberschreitend nicht nur mit-, sondern auch von- und übereinander. Sie vertiefen so den bedeutenden Aspekt der internationalen IPC beispielhaft an einem für viele Fachrichtungen relevanten Thema. Die LV findet als eintägiger Campustag statt. Diese Arbeit stellt den Ablauf der Lehrveranstaltung und Evaluationsergebnisse vor.Methoden: Evaluiert wurde online und schriftlich in einem prä-post-Format mit dem Freiburg Questionnaire for Interprofessional Learning Evaluation (FILE), zudem erfolgt ein mündliches Feedback. Lernziele zur IPC und zum Kinderschutz wurden formuliert und die TN zu deren subjektiven Erreichen befragt.Ergebnisse: Von Sommersemester (SoSe) 2017 bis SoSe 2018 nahmen 39 TN an der LV teil. Sie wurde mit m=1,5 (deutsche Schulnoten) bewertet. In 18/26 Items des FILE berichten die TN von einer selbsteingeschätzten Zunahme von Wissen oder Fertig-/Fähigkeiten. Dieser Lernzuwachs deckt sich mit den gesetzten Lernzielen.Diskussion & Schlussfolgerung: Aus Sicht der TN vermittelt die LV IP Kompetenzen im internationalen Setting wird als lehrreiches Angebot wahrgenommen. Die Weiterführung bzw. ein Ausbau solcher LV als Ergänzung zu mononationalen IP LV ist wünschenswert.

Keywords: IPC; IPE; child protection; course; internationality; interprofessionalism; pediatrics.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest in connection with this article. The project is part of the “LongStI” of the University of Freiburg, which is part of the project “MERLIN – Teaching Research in the Baden-Wuerttemberg Network” of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research. The course was awarded the EUCOR – The European Campus label, which made it possible for students from Switzerland to be awarded travel expenses.

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Table 1
Table 1. Learning objectives of the course
Table 2
Table 2. Evaluation of the course and the team of lecturers (rated on a Likert scale (1=very good, 6=unsatisfactory)).
Table 3
Table 3. Self-evaluated improvement of competences regarding IPL by the participants (“1=does not apply at all/do not agree at all” to “5=applies/agree completely”).
Table 4
Table 4. Non-significant items regarding interprofessional learning (“1=does not apply at all/do not agree at all” to “5=applies/agree completely”).
Table 5
Table 5. Items regarding the relevance of the topic “interprofessional collaboration” (“1=does not apply at all/do not agree at all” to “5=applies/agree completely”).
Table 6
Table 6. Significant items in the pre/post survey (1=does not apply at all, 5=applies completely). Items marked in italics refer to the learning objectives
Table 7
Table 7. Quotations from the participants in the written evaluation and the oral feedback
Figure 1
Figure 1. Course schedule
Figure 2
Figure 2. Self-estimated significant acquisition of skills in pre/post comparison. Possible answers on a five-level Likert scale (1=does not apply at all, 5=applies completely). Items 5.1, 5.2 and 5.4 refer to the learning objectives and are marked in italics. First, second and fourth item refer to the learning objectives and are marked in italics.
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