Exploring patient perspective: using narrative DIPEx interviews and the ICF model for interprofessional learning.
Andrea Glässel, Ilona Hippold
PMID 39411749WHAT IT FOUND
24 students from physiotherapy, occupational therapy, midwifery, health promotion and nursing reported that patient narratives made the ICF model easier to use in practice.
They valued interprofessional discussion for shared understanding.
Key findings
01All 24 students passed the module's two-step assessment after eight weeks of interprofessional learning.
02Students said combining DIPEx patient narratives with the ICF model made the ICF easier to understand as a practical tool.
03Students reported that interprofessional discussion based on the patient's perspective supported mutual learning and a shared understanding.
STILL TO COME
How it was doneWhat they foundWhat it means for PTsWhat it means for OTs
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What it does not show
This is a case study of one elective module, not a trial of patient care. The cohort had 24 students in one elective module, so the learning results may not apply to other groups. There was no comparison group and no patient outcome data, so it cannot show what would have happened without the module. The evaluation response rate was 60%, and clarity of learning objectives and module organization were assessed more negatively. DIPEx excerpts did not contain complete case descriptions, so students said essential information might be missing.
Declared interests
The author is a member of the Swiss DIPEx research team. The development of the elective module was part of a teaching assignment at the Zurich University of Applied Sciences and embedded in Digital Health Design Living Lab research activities of DIPEx as a Swiss-wide research project at the Institute for Biomedical Ethics and History of Medicine at the University of Zurich. Open access funding was provided by Zurich University of Applied Sciences.
The easy way to misread this
Do not read this as evidence that patient narratives or the ICF model improve patient care. It is a case study of 24 students' learning, and it reports no patient outcome comparison.