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Based on experiences in health with interprofessional education, this guide provides the key approaches to establish effective interprofessional/interdisciplinary team fieldwork learning experiences. The intended audience for this guide is higher education staff with an interest in establishing interprofessional team fieldwork learning programs. This guide was produced as part of an Australian Collaborative Education (ACEN) research grant, and is based on many years of work implementing and researching interprofessional fieldwork in health at Curtin University in Perth, Western Australia.

This toolkit contains resources for teaching learners how to address mobility disability in older people in the primary care setting. It contains introductory material appropriate for undergraduate and graduate level learners. This toolkit contains two components: a Learner Module which is designed for students and a compendium of Teaching and Learning Resources which is designed for instructors. Instructors can select the resources that work best for their learners and embed them into their course materials.

This caregiver toolkit created by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences includes a variety of resources for caregivers of older adults. The different sections in the toolkit include: Caregiver Tips, Caregiver Corner, Caregiver Stories, Ageless Grace, Tech Savvy Senior Tips, Newsletters, and Online Community Programs.

Isolating patients at their most vulnerable time from the people who know them best places them at risk for medical error, emotional harm, inconsistencies in care, lack of preparedness for the transitions of care, and unnecessary costs. Yet in many hospitals and health systems, outdated visiting policies still separate families and other loved ones during hospital stays.

In today’s fast-paced healthcare environment, crowded with competing priorities, the human connection is too easily overlooked leaving caregivers burned out and patients and families fearful and suffering.

Through innovative programs, education and advocacy, the Schwartz Center is working to support caregivers, healthcare leaders and others and bring compassion to every healthcare experience.

For care to be effective it must respond well to a patient’s situation. To do so, care must be bio-medically correct with a sound argument backing its implementation. In addition, it should be consistent with the patient’s personal values, desires, and goals. Lastly, care should be feasible given the resources that can be mobilized and the opportunity costs of doing so (what will have to be shifted, postponed or canceled to make room for the new tasks). Not all care recommended as safe and effective for patients like this will fit well in the care of a particular patient.

Ask Me 3® is an educational program that encourages patients and families to ask three specific questions of their providers to better understand their health conditions and what they need to do to stay healthy.

1. What is my main problem?
2. What do I need to do?
3. Why is it important for me to do this?

Designed by health literacy experts, Ask Me 3 is intended to help patients become more active members of their health care team, and provide a critical platform to improve communications between patients, families, and health care professionals.

This toolkit created by the Diverse Elders Coalition (DEC) was created to help professional and voluntary caregivers, providers and a wide array of professionals better understand the unique realities and challenges diverse caregivers face and best practices they can employ to better care for diverse family caregivers, and ultimately, the older adults they care for.

This toolkit contains interprofessional resources for teaching undergraduate and graduate students how to conduct a geriatric assessment. The toolkit contains two components: a digital interactive learner module that introduces the topic to students and a compendium of teaching resources. Faculty can select the aresources that work best for their class. Many of the resources are also available in the learner module. Most of the teaching and learning activities can be adapted for use in online and face-to-face classes.

This toolkit contains interprofessional resources for teaching undergraduate and graduate students how to assess, treat, and educate older adults about urinary incontinence. The toolkit contains two components: a digital interactive learner module that introduces the topic to students along with a compendium of teaching and learning activities and resources. Faculty can select the activities that work best for their class. Most of the teaching and learning activities can be adapted for use in online and face-to-face classes.