Huddles: The Heart of Primary Care Education
Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of Academic Affiliations
Centers of Excellence in Primary Care Education (CoEPCE)
Co-Directors: Terry Keene, DNP, FNP-BC, ARNP and Rebecca Shunk, MD; San Francisco VA Medical Center CoEPCE/EdPACT
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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.
How to Huddle
Author Suzanne Gordon partnered with VA's San Francisco based Center of Excellence in Primary Care Education and actor/director Peter Coyote for a close look at the San Francisco VA and the work they have accomplished in creating this academically focused, team-based, patient centered, interprofessional huddle model. With a focus on improved team communication and care continuity, the model helps to improve the transition between academic education and clinical practice and provides enhanced opportunities
VA Transformation Executive Stakeholder Briefing Interprofessional Education
Malcolm Cox, MD; Chief Academic Affiliations Officer (Retired), Veterans Health Administration discusses primary care clinic redesign through VA’s Patient Aligned Care Team (PACT) and the relevance of educational system redesign in coordination with VA’s Academic Affiliate partners.
VA Centers of Excellence in Primary Care Education Scholarly Works
A comprehensive reference list of journal articles, book chapters, webinars, podcasts and press by and about the Centers of Excellence in Primary Care Education
Department of Veterans Affairs: Academic PACT (Patient Aligned Care Team): A blueprint for primary care redesign in academic practice settings"
In 2010, the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) launched a program to transform its primary care system into a team-based care model in which all Veterans were assigned to Patient Aligned Care Teams (PACTs) in more than 900 primary care clinics nationwide. For those VA medical centers with health professions education programs, this transformation offers the additional challenge of integrating clinical trainees into the PACT environment.
Nurse Anesthetist Traineeship (NAT) Engagement Group
Welcome to the Nurse Anesthetist Traineeship (NAT) Engagement Group. This forum serves as a place for collaboration, sharing of information and activities, discussion of best practices, and sharing strategies for recruitment and overcoming barriers to help you successfully administer the NAT Program.
Progress and Promise: Profiles in Interprofessional Health Training to Deliver Patient-Centered Primary Care Podcast Series
Following a Q&A format, each chapter provides a deep-dive into three of the seven programs highlighted in "Progress and Promise: Profiles in Interprofessional Health Training to Deliver Patient-Centered Primary Care," by sharing the program's experiences, opportunities and challenges in building and maintaining an interprofessional program.
Behavior Health Workforce Education and Training (BHWET) Program FY17 Cohort Engagement
Welcome to the FY17 BHWET cohort page. This forum serves as a place for collaboration, discussion of best practices and networking to help you succeed in your BHWET grant activities. Towards the bottom of this page, you will find various topic threads that you may use to communicate with each other.
This cohort is open for Professional as well as Paraprofessional tracks.
Program Requirements for Professional track from funding announcement: