Posters
Presenting Author Academic/Professional Position
Faculty
Academic Level (Author 2)
Medical Student
Academic Level (Author 3)
Medical Student
Discipline/Specialty (Author 3)
Neuroscience
Presentation Type
Poster
Discipline Track
Community/Public Health
Abstract Type
Research/Clinical
Abstract
Background: While attending healthcare programs at UTRGV, students participate in interprofessional events multiple times a year, which involve medical cases, and faculty members oversee the student groups. This gave us the idea to create an event that would bring students from healthcare professions together. The idea was to help students get to know each other better and facilitate healthy relationships in the future as we work alongside one another. We decided to make the event a softball tournament because the sport was highly accessible to students from each professional school and is widely co-ed. Additionally, we wanted to create a tournament bracket to ensure everyone got to meet people from other schools.
Methods: An IPE event, sponsored by UTRGV SOM, was created in the form of a softball tournament. Three other UTRGV-affiliated programs partook and after the event, a 19-item IRB-approved Qualtrics Survey was sent to all the participants. The responses were then analyzed through the use of regression statistics.
Results: The analysis revealed that 51.4% of the variance in confidence when approaching other medical professionals (Q16) is explained by mental well-being (Q12), comfort level (Q13), and teamwork skills (Q14). Notably, a one-unit increase in Q12 predicted a 0.482-unit increase in Q16, whereas a one-unit increase in Q14 predicted a 0.298-unit increase in Q16. However, Q13 was found to be statistically insignificant in predicting Q16. Correlation analysis showed a strong positive correlation (r=0.669) between Q12 and Q16 and a moderate positive correlation (r=0.500) between Q14 and Q16.
Conclusions: These findings suggest that mental well-being and teamwork skills play a significant role in promoting confidence in interprofessional interactions between students. The strong association of this study emphasizes the importance of creating more events, such as the IPE tournament. While the findings are promising, the study was limited by the small pool of responses and the unequal representation of each healthcare profession. Additionally, the study was limited to the number of different healthcare professional schools.
Recommended Citation
Palomarez, Elvia D.; Gonzalez Tovar, Maria Camila; and Garcia, Stephen Michael, "Efficacy of Interprofessional Events in Stimulating a Conducive Environment" (2025). Research Symposium. 60.
https://scholarworks.utrgv.edu/somrs/2025/posters/60
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Efficacy of Interprofessional Events in Stimulating a Conducive Environment
Background: While attending healthcare programs at UTRGV, students participate in interprofessional events multiple times a year, which involve medical cases, and faculty members oversee the student groups. This gave us the idea to create an event that would bring students from healthcare professions together. The idea was to help students get to know each other better and facilitate healthy relationships in the future as we work alongside one another. We decided to make the event a softball tournament because the sport was highly accessible to students from each professional school and is widely co-ed. Additionally, we wanted to create a tournament bracket to ensure everyone got to meet people from other schools.
Methods: An IPE event, sponsored by UTRGV SOM, was created in the form of a softball tournament. Three other UTRGV-affiliated programs partook and after the event, a 19-item IRB-approved Qualtrics Survey was sent to all the participants. The responses were then analyzed through the use of regression statistics.
Results: The analysis revealed that 51.4% of the variance in confidence when approaching other medical professionals (Q16) is explained by mental well-being (Q12), comfort level (Q13), and teamwork skills (Q14). Notably, a one-unit increase in Q12 predicted a 0.482-unit increase in Q16, whereas a one-unit increase in Q14 predicted a 0.298-unit increase in Q16. However, Q13 was found to be statistically insignificant in predicting Q16. Correlation analysis showed a strong positive correlation (r=0.669) between Q12 and Q16 and a moderate positive correlation (r=0.500) between Q14 and Q16.
Conclusions: These findings suggest that mental well-being and teamwork skills play a significant role in promoting confidence in interprofessional interactions between students. The strong association of this study emphasizes the importance of creating more events, such as the IPE tournament. While the findings are promising, the study was limited by the small pool of responses and the unequal representation of each healthcare profession. Additionally, the study was limited to the number of different healthcare professional schools.
