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

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ID11038954
AuthorsAnnette Hays (Annette Hays, Christopher Schriever, and Allison Schriever are with the College of Pharmacy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Rockford. John Rudzinski is with the College of Medicine, University of Illinois, Rockford. Janet L. Lynch is with Sauk Valley Community College. Ellen Genrich is with the Boone County Health Department.), Christopher Schriever (Annette Hays, Christopher Schriever, and Allison Schriever are with the College of Pharmacy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Rockford. John Rudzinski is with the College of Medicine, University of Illinois, Rockford. Janet L. Lynch is with Sauk Valley Community College. Ellen Genrich is with the Boone County Health Department.), John Rudzinski (Annette Hays, Christopher Schriever, and Allison Schriever are with the College of Pharmacy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Rockford. John Rudzinski is with the College of Medicine, University of Illinois, Rockford. Janet L. Lynch is with Sauk Valley Community College. Ellen Genrich is with the Boone County Health Department.), Janet L Lynch (Annette Hays, Christopher Schriever, and Allison Schriever are with the College of Pharmacy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Rockford. John Rudzinski is with the College of Medicine, University of Illinois, Rockford. Janet L. Lynch is with Sauk Valley Community College. Ellen Genrich is with the Boone County Health Department.), Ellen Genrich (Annette Hays, Christopher Schriever, and Allison Schriever are with the College of Pharmacy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Rockford. John Rudzinski is with the College of Medicine, University of Illinois, Rockford. Janet L. Lynch is with Sauk Valley Community College. Ellen Genrich is with the Boone County Health Department.), Allison Schriever (Annette Hays, Christopher Schriever, and Allison Schriever are with the College of Pharmacy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Rockford. John Rudzinski is with the College of Medicine, University of Illinois, Rockford. Janet L. Lynch is with Sauk Valley Community College. Ellen Genrich is with the Boone County Health Department.), Allison E Schriever (Rock Valley College)
Year2018
Volume108
Issue3
Pages358-360
Publication date2018-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
PublisherAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.2017.304240
PMID29412719
OpenAlexW2787518904
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited3

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

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) · Disadvantaged · Disease · Environmental health · Family medicine · Health care · Interprofessional education · Multidisciplinary approach · Pandemic · Political science · Population · Vaccination · Interprofessional Education and Collaboration · Medicine · Nursing · Primary Care and Health Outcomes · Public Health Policies and Education · Gerontology