University of Minnesota: Enhancing the Primary Care Clinic Team
DFMCH is testing transformative standardized teamwork using an interprofessional practice and education (IPE) approach that includes the patient in the learning, practice and outcome model.
University of Minnesota: Achieving Healthy Children with Collaborative Care
CUHCC, a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC), serves a linguistically diverse patient population with a majority of families living below the federal poverty level. This intervention observes the impact of TeamSTEPPS training and equity and diversity training for its staff on outcomes associated with diabetes and other chronic diseases, immunizations, well-child check-ups, weight screening, preventive dental visits, mental health functioning, patient satisfaction and cost of care.
Kansas University Medical Center: Faculty Preceptors for IPE
In an effort to enhance primary care delivery, this intervention develops an interprofessional practice and education (IPE) curriculum for preceptors who are jointly affiliated with both health care education and clinical practice.
Grand Valley State University: IPE to Improve Diabetes Health Outcomes
A student team of medical, physician assistant and pharmacy students are working with health care providers at Cherry Street Health Center, a non-profit Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC), to provide collaborative care during clinical appointments and through daily huddles, case conferences, patient call backs and patient education classes about diabetes.
Arizona Nexus: Student Health Outreach for Wellness
This project provides health professions students an opportunity to develop interprofessional competencies in a “real world” clinical practice setting.
Arizona Nexus: Improving Health Outcomes in Independent Senior Housing
The Interprofessional Center for Health and Social Services at the Westward Ho is a student-run, faculty-supervised training unit that provides onsite supportive services to 300 residents of a low-income senior housing community in downtown Phoenix.