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Allport's Intergroup Contact Theory as a theoretical base for impacting student attitudes in interprofessional education

Allport's Intergroup Contact Theory as a theoretical base for impacting student attitudes in interprofessional education

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Submitted by National Center... on Mar 14, 2014 - 11:14am CDT

Interprofessional education has been defined as "members or students of two or more professionals associated with health or social care, engaged in learning with, from and about each other". Ideally, students trained using interprofessional education paradigms become interprofessional team members who gain respect and improve their attitudes about each other, and ultimately improve patient outcomes. However, it has been stated that before interprofessional education can claim its importance and successes, its impact must be critically evaluated.

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Changing the future of health professions: embedding interprofessional education within an academic health center

Changing the future of health professions: embedding interprofessional education within an academic health center

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Submitted by National Center... on Mar 14, 2014 - 11:14am CDT

Institutions are increasingly considering interprofessional education (IPE) as a means to improve health care and reduce medical errors in the United States. Effective implementation of IPE within health professions education requires a strategic institutional approach to ensure longevity and sustainability.

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An interprofessional service-learning course: uniting students across educational levels and promoting patient-centered care

An interprofessional service-learning course: uniting students across educational levels and promoting patient-centered care

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Submitted by National Center... on Mar 14, 2014 - 11:14am CDT

Recognizing the importance of interprofessional education, we developed a pilot interprofessional education course at our institution that included a total of 10 nursing, BS health psychology, premedical, and pharmacy students. Course goals were for students to: 1) learn about, practice, and enhance their skills as members of an interprofessional team, and 2) create and deliver a community-based service-learning program to help prevent or slow the progression of cardiovascular disease in older adults.

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Interprofessional education: cooperation among osteopathic medicine, pharmacy, and physician assistant students to recognize medical errors

Interprofessional education: cooperation among osteopathic medicine, pharmacy, and physician assistant students to recognize medical errors

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Submitted by National Center... on Mar 14, 2014 - 11:14am CDT

Thirty-nine volunteer students from 3 health science colleges at Touro University California participated in an exercise designed to promote interprofessional collaboration. In the event, thirteen 3-person multidisciplinary teams of students identified potential medical errors in a series of case-based scenarios. In an immediate postevent survey, 33 of 39 respondents (85%) indicated that the exercise marked the first time that they had worked on clinical problems with students from other health professions. All respondents agreed that interprofessional education was useful and necessary.

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Human error and patient safety: interdisciplinary course

Human error and patient safety: interdisciplinary course

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Submitted by National Center... on Mar 14, 2014 - 11:14am CDT

BACKGROUND:

The medical community has only recently begun to address how human error affects patient safety. In order to confront human error in medicine, there is a need to teach students who are entering the health professions how potential errors may manifest and train them to prevent or mitigate these problems.

PURPOSE:

The objective is to describe a semester-long, interdisciplinary, human error and patient safety course taught at the University of South Florida.

METHODS:

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Interprofessional education: a review and analysis of programs from three academic health centers

Interprofessional education: a review and analysis of programs from three academic health centers

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Submitted by National Center... on Mar 14, 2014 - 11:14am CDT

The past decade witnessed momentum toward redesigning the U.S. health care system with the intent to improve quality of care. To achieve and sustain this change, health professions education must likewise reform to prepare future practitioners to optimize their ability to participate in the new paradigm of health care delivery.

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NYU3T: teaching, technology, teamwork: a model for interprofessional education scalability and sustainability

NYU3T: teaching, technology, teamwork: a model for interprofessional education scalability and sustainability

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Submitted by National Center... on Mar 14, 2014 - 11:14am CDT

Interprofessional education is a critical precursor to effective teamwork and the collaboration of health care professionals in clinical settings. Numerous barriers have been identified that preclude scalable and sustainable interprofessional education (IPE) efforts. This article describes NYU3T: Teaching, Technology, Teamwork, a model that uses novel technologies such as Web-based learning, virtual patients, and high-fidelity simulation to overcome some of the common barriers and drive implementation of evidence-based teamwork curricula.

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Partnering in interprofessional education to design simulation programs to promote collaboration and patient safety

Partnering in interprofessional education to design simulation programs to promote collaboration and patient safety

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Submitted by National Center... on Mar 14, 2014 - 11:14am CDT

Interprofessional education (IPE) using simulation strategies is a rewarding way to promote teamwork and interprofessional collaboration. The benefits of collaboration far outweigh the challenges that arise from differences in educational culture and scheduling logistics.

PubMed URL: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23061202

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Interprofessional education in introductory pharmacy practice experiences at US colleges and schools of pharmacy

Interprofessional education in introductory pharmacy practice experiences at US colleges and schools of pharmacy

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Submitted by National Center... on Mar 14, 2014 - 11:14am CDT

OBJECTIVE:

To assess the extent to which US colleges and schools of pharmacy are incorporating interprofessional education into their introductory pharmacy practice experiences (IPPEs), and to identify barriers to implementation; characterize the format, structure, and assessment; and identify factors associated with incorporating interprofessional education in IPPEs.

METHODS:

An electronic survey of 116 US colleges and schools of pharmacy was conducted from March 2011 through May 2011.

RESULTS:

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