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This guide is for health and social care professionals who teach or guide others' learning before and after qualification, in formal courses or the workplace. It clarifies the understanding of interprofessional learning and explores the concept of teams and team working. Illustrated by examples from practice, the practicalities of effective interprofessional learning are described, and the underlying concepts of patient-centred care, excellent communication, development of capacity and clarity of roles that underpin this explored.

Pharmacists are health professionals who assist individuals in making the best use of medications. This Code, prepared and supported by pharmacists, is intended to state publicly the principles that form the fundamental basis of the roles and responsibilities of pharmacists. These principles, based on moral obligations and virtues, are established to guide pharmacists in relationships with patients, health professionals, and society.

The ICN Code of Ethics for Nurses, most recently revised in 2012, is a guide for action based on social values and needs.The Code has served as the standard for nurses worldwide since it was first adopted in 1953.

The Code is regularly reviewed and revised in response to the realities of nursing and health care in a changing society. The Code makes it clear that inherent in nursing is respect for human rights, including the right to life, to dignity and to be treated with respect.

This website provides resources related to the Interprofessional Professionalism Collaborative and its assessment tools. As well as information regarding its collaborators and background. The purpose of the Interprofessional Professionalism Collaborative (IPC) is to develop a valid and reliable assessment instrument for interprofessional professionalism behaviors and related educational resources for use by educators across all health professions.

The American Psychological Association’s (APA’s) Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct (hereinafter referred to as the Ethics Code) consists of an Introduction, a Preamble, five General Principles (A–E), and specific Ethical Standards.

The Introduction discusses the intent, organization, procedural considerations, and scope of application of the Ethics Code. The Preamble and General Principles are aspirational goals to guide psychologists toward the highest ideals of psychology. Although the Preamble and

All across the U.S., practices are trying to transform themselves to improve the quality of their care, become patient-centered medical homes, and qualify for new payment opportunities. The Primary Care Team Guide, developed by staff at the MacColl Center for Health Care Innovation, offers practical advice, close to 300 resources and models to help leaders and staff engaged in or considering practice transformation build more effective care teams and deploy them to optimize patient care.

In November 2014, Bodenheimer and Sinsky published an article, “From Triple to Quadruple Aim: Care of the Patient Requires Care of the Provider,” in which they make the case that care teams are unable to achieve Triple Aim goals of improving population health while improving patient experience and reducing costs because providers and team members are overwhelmed and stressed.

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