Interprofessional Education in Medical-Legal Partnerships (MLPs) to Address Social Determinants of Health

Medical-legal partnerships (MLP) address legal needs that contribute to health inequities. Health providers express discomfort accessing legal services and a desire for greater training, however best practices remain unclear. We conducted a scoping literature review and interviews with key informant...

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Published in:Journal of health care for the poor and underserved Vol. 32; no. 4; pp. 1720 - 1733
Main Authors: Gard, Lauren A, Bartell, Tami, Shah, Anuj K, Setrini, Alice B, Sheehan, Karen, Miller, Corinne H, Paquette, Erin T
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: United States Johns Hopkins University Press 01.11.2021
Subjects:
Adaptability
Attorneys
Best practice
Citation management software
Curricula
Discomfort
Education
Evaluation research
Health disparities
Health Inequities
Health services
Humans
Inequality
Interdisciplinary aspects
Interdisciplinary education
Interprofessional Education
Interviews
Lawyers
Legal services
Literature reviews
Medical education
Medical schools
Medical students
Partnerships
Physicians
Professionals
Public health
Reflective teaching
Social Determinants of Health
Social factors
Teams
Training
Trauma
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ISSN:1049-2089, 1548-6869, 1548-6869
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Summary:Medical-legal partnerships (MLP) address legal needs that contribute to health inequities. Health providers express discomfort accessing legal services and a desire for greater training, however best practices remain unclear. We conducted a scoping literature review and interviews with key informants to identify essential components of MLP training and best practices in MLP training. Twenty-one articles out of an initial 1,247 met criteria. Most learners were medical (11; 52%) or law (13; 62%) students or residents (12; 57%). Training was primarily led by lawyers (18; 86%). Educational approaches included didactics (15; 71%). Content was focused on skill-acquisition (18; 86%). Most training was presented as stand-alone (5; 24%) courses. Essential skills included issuespotting, adaptability, and trauma-informed care. Medical-legal partnerships make use of varied perspectives to address unmet legal needs. This review helped identify best practices in training and a need for future study on evaluation. Future research should explore how best to evaluate the effectiveness of MLP training.
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ISSN:1049-2089
1548-6869
1548-6869
DOI:10.1353/hpu.2021.0161