Community Action Poverty Simulation as Interprofessional Education
by Kamal Sandhu
The original Community Action Poverty Simulation (CAPS) was designed to help participants understand the realities of poverty, to sensitize those frequently dealing with low-income families, as well as to create a broader awareness of the realities of poverty. We present to the audience our experience of modifying CAPS to provide an added inter-professional education (IPE) component.
Learning Objectives:
Develop an enhanced understanding of the Community Action Poverty Simulation (CAPS).
Identify the role of focused pre-briefing and debriefing in implementing CAPS as an IPE activity.
Examine ways to modify and merge CAPS learning objectives with IPE core competencies.
Develop an enhanced understanding of the Community Action Poverty Simulation (CAPS).
Identify the role of focused pre-briefing and debriefing in implementing CAPS as an IPE activity.
Examine ways to modify and merge CAPS learning objectives with IPE core competencies.
Credit
Credit Hours:0.5
