Fostering Interprofessional Education Through a Multidisciplinary, Community-Based Pandemic Mass Vaccination Exercise

Am J Public Health. 2018 Mar;108(3):358-360. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2017.304240.

Abstract

We expanded health care services to economically disadvantaged individuals in an interprofessional, student-driven vaccination effort that also served as a pandemic planning drill. Health care professional students from colleges in and around Rockford, Illinois participated in implementing a mass vaccination event from 2011 to 2014 that targeted the underserved population. There was a 459% increase in total vaccinations administered to at-risk patients from year 1 to year 4. This interprofessional health care student-driven effort expanded medical service to disadvantaged individuals.

MeSH terms

  • Community Health Centers*
  • Disaster Planning / methods
  • Humans
  • Illinois
  • Immunization Programs / statistics & numerical data*
  • Influenza Vaccines / administration & dosage
  • Interprofessional Relations*
  • Medically Underserved Area
  • Pandemics*
  • Student Run Clinic
  • Students, Health Occupations*

Substances

  • Influenza Vaccines