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Teaching and Supervision in Counseling

Author ORCID Identifier

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4391-872X

Author Biographies

Megan A. Whitbeck, PhD, NCC is an Assistant Professor at the University of Scranton in the Department of Counseling and Human Services. Her research interests include empathy fatigue, the sustainability and wellness of helping professionals, and counseling clients with severe mental illness. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4391-872X

Carrie A. Griffiths, OTD, OTR/L, is a Faculty Specialist at the University of Scranton in the Department of Occupational Therapy. Her research interests include mental health, health and well-being, and marginalized populations.

DOI

https://doi.org/10.7290/tsc0796ay

Abstract

Interprofessional education (IPE) is a training modality that aims to help two or more disciplines learn about, from, and with each other, that enhances outcomes for clients (WHO, 2010). Two faculty members, one from counseling and one from occupational therapy, collaborated to design and implement a virtual pilot IPE event focused on enhancing student role delineation in interdisciplinary treatment teams, communication, and professional behaviors. Using guided questions provided prior to the event, students shared information about their disciplines, roles in client treatment teams, professional responsibilities, and potential collaboration opportunities between occupational therapists and counselors. This manuscript provides an overview of developing and facilitating a virtual IPE event in counseling and implications for implementing IPE in counselor education curricula.

Public Significance Statement

The goal of this interprofessional education event was to help counseling and occupational therapy students develop knowledge, skills, and tools to work with professionals from different healthcare disciplines as they prepare to transition from student to practitioner. Students training to be mental healthcare providers can benefit from learning about and with other professionals they may work with in the field. Lessons learned from creating and implementing this pilot event led to future considerations for interprofessional training and research in counseling.

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