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Picker Institute’s Eight Principles of Patient-Centered Care originated with the Seven Dimensions of Patient-Centered Care, whose development was traced in the 1993 groundbreaking book Through the Patient’s Eyes. Using a wide range of focus groups—recently discharged patients, family members, physicians and non-physician hospital staff—combined with a review of pertinent literature, researchers from Harvard Medical School, on behalf of Picker Institute and The Commonwealth Fund, defined seven primary dimensions of patient-centered care.

The Interprofessional Health Council (IPHC) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is a student organization with representation from 13 different health professional programs on campus.  Funded in part by a generous grant from Target, IPHC recently hosted its annual educational conference.  Over 100 students and faculty attended "Collaborating for Care: Interprofessional Health Summit 2015," which featured Barbara Brandt, PhD, Director of the National Center, as a keynote speaker.  Watch Dr. Brandt's address at the link below.   

Health care educators in Massachusetts and Rhode Island have collaborated around nursing and other health professions education for years. The Partners Investing in Nursing’s Future (PIN) project, Building a Regional Institute for Inter-Professional Education, highlighted in this video, shows how they worked together to build an institute to strengthen inter-professional education (IPE) in the region.

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 video, presenters Tina Brashers, Mattie Schmitt, and Jill Thistlethwaite discuss current and historical barriers to change in IPE and IPP and how to move the field forward.

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 video, Jill Thistlethwaite discusses:

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 video, co-author Tina Brashers answers questions about the background paper for the session.

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 video, co-author Tina Brashers discusses the background paper for the session.  The review's objectives were to:

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 video, President of the Centre for the Advancement of Interprofessional Education Hugh Barr discusses challenges facing IPE, including:

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 video, Mattie Schmitt answers questions from the IOM committee and audience about interprofessional education and collaborative practice.

Topics addressed include:

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 video, Mattie Schmitt discusses: