Whole Patient, Whole Team

[...]ASHA's certification standards for both professions require skills in such collaboration. Through the entire experience, they investigated and supported excellence in patient care by finding evidence from professional literature; had weekly discussions as a team and with experienced clinicians; and observed or participated in aspects of care provided by all three of the disciplines. * Week 1 included follow-up to the orientation activities and observations of a patient evaluation conducted jointly by members an interprofessional team at the hospital. * In Week 2, students participated as a team to examine a patient in the long-term care unit, evaluate the findings, develop an interprofessional plan of care, and present the plan of care at a rehabilitation team meeting. * In Week 3, the students participated in a high school career fair that required them to work as a team and educate others about their roles on the health care team. * Week 4 was devoted to wrap-up and evaluation.