Report from the 2018 Joint Accreditation Leadership Summit- IPCE Works! Identifying Measures of Success and Evaluating Our Impact
On July 29, 2018, 61 interprofessional continuing education (IPCE) professionals, representing 38 organizations, participated in the fourth annual Joint Accreditation Leadership Summit. The Summit was convened by the three accreditors that cofounded Joint Accreditation: the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME®), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC).
The Arizona Nexus: The First Five Years
Abstract: Arizona Nexus is a pioneer Nexus Innovations Network (NIN) member with the National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education (National Center) and a statewide collaborative with members from five public and private universities and six health care organizations in Arizona.
Toward a system where workforce planning and interprofessional practice and education are designed around patients and populations not professions
Traditional workforce planning methodologies and interprofessional education (IPE) approaches will not address the significant challenges facing health care systems seeking to integrate services, eliminate waste and meet rising demand within fixed or shrinking budgets. This article describes how New Zealand’s workforce planning approach could be used as a model by other countries to move toward needs-based, interprofessional workforce planning.
Nurse Education, Practice, Quality, and Practice: Registered Nurses in Primary Care (NEPQR-RNPC) Engagement Group
Welcome to the Nurse Education, Practice, Quality, and Practice: Registered Nurses in Primary Care (NEPQR-RNPC) Engagement Group. This forum serves as a place for the NEPQR-RNPC Program awardees to network, collaborate, and share relevant best practices, resources, information, and activities to advance the Program's goals.
Climate Change and Health Curriculum
Understanding the connection between climate and health is essential for health professionals of all disciplines.
Climate Change and Health: An Interprofessional Response consists of nine short slide decks that can be utilized to introduce the connection between climate change and health to health professionals. They are intended to be used by instructors and programs when teaching about the connection between climate and health in existing courses.
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Building Healthy, Equitable Communities Series
6+ collaborative trainings for government & community leaders
The series will engage a wide audience, including public health lawyers as well as practitioners in health and planning departments, school districts, and health-oriented organizations and coalitions. Community champions—teachers, parents, and youth—can also exchange valuable insights in these trainings.
Each episode includes an in-depth blog post, a webinar, and an interactive expert panel.
Webinar: An Actionable Tool for the Interprofessional Team to Improve the Patient Experience
The Net Promoter System, used in many industries to gain customer loyalty and grow business, is also in use at UnitedHealth Group where the Center for Clinician Advancement (CFCA) implements learning, development and collaborative efforts to encourage interprofessional collaborative practice team development that improves quality of care for health care consumers. UnitedHealth Group uses the Net Promoter System (NPS) enterprise wide to improve the health care consumer experience.
Editorial: Interprofessional Education in the Age of Risk and Innovation
In July 2018, over 400 health professionals gathered in Minneapolis, MN to attend the Nexus Summit, “Creating Results: Interprofessional Vision to Action.” In her plenary address, Barbara Brandt, Director of the National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education, spoke about the seismic shifts occurring in health care and health professions education and the importance of asking the right questions. This editorial provides a synopsis of Brandt’s address and raises questions for nurse educators.
Generating the Data for Analyzing the Effects of Interprofessional Teams for Improving Triple Aim Outcomes
In this chapter we describe the creation of a data repository, the National Center Data Repository (NCDR) and a national network of performance sites generating that data, the National Innovation Network (NIN) for the National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education (hereafter the National Center). We describe the raison d’être, characteristics, and ecosystem of the NIN-NCDR.
Advancing Health Professions Education Research by Creating a Network of Networks
Producing the best evidence to show educational outcomes, such as competency achievement and credentialing effectiveness, across the health professions education continuum will require large multisite research projects and longitudinal studies. Current limitations that must be overcome to reach this goal include the prevalence of single-institution study designs, assessments of a single curricular component, and cross-sectional study designs that provide only a snapshot in time of a program or initiative rather than a longitudinal perspective.