Abstract Body: INTRODUCTION:
Community-based, culturally tailored stroke education is a recommended strategy to promote health equity in underserved communities. Interprofessional education (IPE) programs have a positive impact on community intervention efforts. We seek to evaluate the effect of IMPACT-Capacity, a pilot IPE stroke training program, on participant attitudes and ability to deliver community stroke education.

METHODS:
Health professional students (HPS) from a single Philadelphia university were recruited through school announcements and social media to participate in an intensive 6-week training program to deliver culturally tailored community stroke education. The program consisted of 4 hours of didactic lectures and 8 hours of workshops where participants applied a PRECEDE-PROCEED implementation science framework to design and plan a culturally tailored stroke education program. Program outcome measures include HPS participation in the training program and implementation of community education. A questionnaire utilizing a 5-point Likert scale was used to assess attitudes on education, health equity, and self-efficacy.

RESULTS:
A total of 12 students participated in the training program, ranging from 1-3rd year pharmacy (n=8) and medical (n=4) students. Eight students were assigned to engage 5th-8th grade students at a local elementary school. Four students were assigned to engage the Vietnamese-speaking community. One hundred percent of HPS completed the required training program, and 92% (11 of 12) of HPS participated in implementing their outreach program. Figure 1 shows results from the post-program questionnaire relating to self-reported confidence and interests from program participation. Themes from qualitative data suggest the program reignited participants’ passion for addressing health disparities, expanded their perspectives by working with other HPS and gave them a valuable experience engaging with the community.

CONCLUSION:
Our pilot data suggests that IMPACT-Capacity effectively trains health professional students to plan and implement culturally tailored community stroke education. This program highlights the positive impact that collaborative, interprofessional education has on impacting community knowledge. Our current results will inform future iterations of IMPACT-Capacity as it is expanded into broader contexts. Future studies will also investigate long-term knowledge retention and behavior changes following intervention.