The Roundhouse: an alternative model for primary care
The challenges facing health care are well known. They include an ageing population, increasing expectations, and shrinking budgets. GPs remain key in the provision of primary care in the current model and report that they are failing to cope with rising demand. Increasing concern that the 10-minute GP appointment is obsolete in the face of increasing comorbidity adds to these pressures.
Accelerating Interprofessional Community-Based Education & Practice: Informational Webinar
This webinar provides information on the Accelerating Interprofessional Community-Based Education & Practice program.
Access the recorded webinar at the link below. The accompanying slides are also available to download.
Examining Care Navigation: Librarian participation in a team-based approach?
Much has been said about the evolving role of the medical librarian in recent years. Forces driving this evolution have included a challenging economic environment, dramatic changes in higher education and health care, emerging technologies, workflow and process changes to meet shifting constituent demands, and the need to keep the profession relevant. Budget cuts are forcing hospital libraries to provide new services with limited resources.
Innovations in Oral Health Toolkit
The Innovations in Oral Health (IOH) Toolkit is a faculty resource to facilitate oral health integration across health professions. The IOH Toolkit features activities for entry-level students and advanced, and most of these can be adapted for any health profession.
The IOH Toolkit contains:
Collaborative Care in Inpatient Settings: Experiences Shared and Lessons Learned
Overview: Traditional patterns of health care practice are deeply ingrained. What is it like to try to change those patterns? What are the experiences of health professionals, patients, and family members who implement collaborative care? Where to start? What strategies work best?
This webinar explores the complex social realities, rewards, benefits, stresses, worries, and practical considerations, including time, of implementing collaborative inpatient care.
IPCP Websites and Resources: What's at Your Fingertips?
This presentation was delivered by National Center Director, Barbara Brandt, PhD, on April 1 during the Marie Gustin Nursing Leadership Conference.
Reflections from the Intersection of Health Professions Education and Clinical Practice: The State of the Science of Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice
This informed reflection, from the intersection of health professions education and clinical practice, takes stock of the state of the field of interprofessional education (IPE) and collaborative practice (CP) (together IPECP) by answering the following three questions: (1) As a field of study, where is IPECP? (2) As a research enterprise, what are the current analytical gaps? (3) Scientifically, what needs to be done going forward?
Creighton University: The Interprofessional Education Passport
The intent of the project is to train health professions students to be collaboration ready, allowing them to enter the workforce prepared to provide care via interprofessional teams. The curriculum facilitates students’ thinking about how individual providers and the health care system can improve care for vulnerable populations.
Integrative Wisdom Video Series
The ‘Integrative Wisdom’ series from Integrative Therapeutics is a collection of insights from individuals across the integrative medicine community, who share this common mission: making integrative medicine part of every healthcare discussion. Though we all have different perspectives on how we’ll get there…it’s clear we have a lot to offer one another, and that as a community, we can drive this mission forward and create real change in the world.