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Purpose: We developed and implemented a series of interprofessional resuscitation rounds targeting fourth year nursing and medical students, and junior residents from a variety of specialty programs.

The Toronto Rehabilitation Institute (Toronto Rehab) is a current leader in the movement of

Purpose: The purpose of the paper is to show that free flowing teamwork depends on at least three aspects of team life: functional diversity, social cohesion and superordinate identity.

The effective reduction of medical errors depends on an environment of safety for patients in both clinically based and systems-oriented arenas. Formal teamwork training is proposed as a systems approach that will achieve these ends. In a study conducted by (Dynamics Research Corporation,) weaknesses and error patterns in Emergency Department teamwork were assessed, and a prospective evaluation of a formal teamwork training intervention was conducted. Improvements were obtained in five key teamwork measures, and most importantly, clinical errors were significantly reduced.

This report is organized in the following fashion: first, we provide key definitions and principles that guided us in identifying core interprofessional competencies. Then, we describe the timeliness of interprofessional learning now, along with separate efforts by the six professional education organizations to move in this direction. We identify eight reasons why it is important to agree on a core set of competencies across the professions.

This paper presents the initial findings from a longitudinal quantitative study of two cohorts of students who entered the 10 pre-qualifying programmes of the Faculty of Health and Social Care, University of the West of England (UWE), Bristol, UK. The overall aim of the study is to explore students' attitudes to collaborative learning and collaborative working, both before and after qualification.

As a clinic with limited resources, and operated solely by volunteers, the PNC has experienced many changes in its volunteer and leadership bodies. These changes occur usually during leadership transition and are often the result of volunteer initiative to expand the services and quality of those services offered at the clinic. Changes typically arise for one of four reasons:

Future Oriented—changes to expand and improve the clinic

Problem Solving—changes to adapt to challenges or issues

A longitudinal quantitative study in an English faculty of health and social care explored the effects of a pre-qualifying interprofessional curriculum for students from 10 professional programmes. Students on the interprofessional curriculum completed questionnaires containing four attitude scales on entry to the faculty, during their second year and at the end of their final year.

The Institute of Medicine explores the existing evidence-base related to education of health professionals in evidence-based practice, the educational and regulatory barriers to integrating this topic area in the academic and continuing education settings, proposed actions for overcoming these barriers, and model schools or educational programs offering curricula in this topic area. Embedded in this paper are questions that will serve to initiate the development of strategies for reform of health professions education.

The Institute of Medicine explores the existing evidence-base related to the education of health professionals in quality improvement, the educational and regulatory barriers to integrating this approach in the academic and continuing education settings, proposed actions for incorporating quality improvement into health professions education, and model schools or educational programs offering curricula in this area. Embedded in this paper are questions that will serve to initiate the development of strategies for reform of health professions education.