Interprofessional Shadowing (IPSh) occurs when a learner from one profession spends time observing and interacting with practitioners or learners of another profession. SIAO is an approach used by University of Texas Austin with 2nd year PharmD students. Through direct observations and engaging dialogue with IP practitioners, students gain insight and collect information to complete the “SIAO report” for submission. Active observations may be completed with IP practitioners involved in patient-centered and/or population-oriented care.
This IPSh requirement is designed for intermediate learners.
SIAO gives students a required IPSh experience embedded into formal curriculum. To get started, identify:
learning objectives appropriate for either novice or advanced learners. Check out the Leveled IP Learning Objectives document for details.
specific requirements for the students before, during and after the IPSh
who on site you can work with to arrange IPSh (e.g. preceptors, managers)
Click on the document to get detailed instructions on setting up a SIAO experience.
Detailed information for practitioners who are to be shadowed by a student can be found here.
A guide to developing appropriate learning objectives for your IPSh experience can be found here.