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This document is the text of a speech delivered by Richard Beckhard at the Congress on Medical Education held in Chicago on February 1, 1974. 

As Beckhard explains: "The issue is not whether team delivery of health care is good or bad, needed or not needed.  Team delivery of care exists today, in a wide variety of delivery settings from the private physician-nurse team, to the multi-member interdisciplinary teams in community health centers, out-patient clinics and the like.

On October 7, 2014, an IOM committee examined the methods needed to measure the impact of interprofessional education (IPE) on collaborative practice, patient outcomes or both, as determined by the available evidence.

In this presentation, Shirley Sonesh and Eduardo Salas from the University of Central Florida's Department of Psychology and Instute for Simulation Training discuss the impact of team training on patient outcomes.

On October 7, 2014, an IOM committee examined the methods needed to measure the impact of interprofessional education (IPE) on collaborative practice, patient outcomes or both, as determined by the available evidence.

In this presentation, Stephan Fihn, Director of the Office of Analytics and Business Intelligence at the Veterans Health Administration, discusses patient-aligned care teams in the Veterans Health Administration and the assessment of effectiveness of PACT implementation.

On October 7, 2014, an IOM committee examined the methods needed to measure the impact of interprofessional education (IPE) on collaborative practice, patient outcomes or both, as determined by the available evidence.

In this presentation, Esther Suter, Director of Workforce Research and Evaluation for Alberta Health Services, details the methodological implications for measuring outcomes of complex interactions like interprofessional education and interprofessional practice.

In this presentation, Everette James, JD, MBA, shares his experience regulating the hospitals and nursing homes as Pennsylvania Secretary of Health, where he led expansion of the scope of practice for advanced practice professionals. He discusses the research underway at the University of Pittsburgh Health Policy Institute to measure the impact of team-based care delivery in both inpatient and community settings.

This presentation was delivered on October 10, 2014 to the Thomas Jefferson University Interprofessional Education Summit.  

Dr. Babara Brandt delivered this presentation to the North Carolina Area Health Education Centers on November 11, 2014.

This poster was presented at the Sigma Theta Tau International Society-Zeta Eta-at-Large Fall Fling. It presents the findings from the IPE pilot study that took place between California State University, Sacramento Nursing and Speech Language Pathology students.

This powerpoint describes an educational clinical interprofessional program that applies medical home principles to manage uncontrolled diabetics.

This presentation about the University of Minnesota's 1Health program was shared at the Carnegie/Macy Conference in June 2010.