Renewed focus in the United States links interprofessional education with redesigning health care
No scholars and practitioners are more aware of the research and debate about interprofessional education (IPE) and interprofessional collaborative care (IPCC) than the readers of the Journal of Interprofessional Care. Since the 1970s, interest in IPE and IPCC in the United States (U.S.) has been characterized by peaks and lows as the major issues in health care have shifted. So, it is exciting to describe what may be a new window of opportunity in the U.S. to fully develop and test this evolving concept that, for so long, has been an exception rather than the “norm”.
Commentary: Reshaping Physician Education
Fragmented care delivery is the product of an outdated approach to medical education.
Commentary: Educating the present and future health care workforce to provide care to populations
The crisis of the rising cost of health care in the United States is stimulating major changes in the way care is being delivered. New models such as patient-centered medical homes and accountable care organizations are being developed with the expectation that health care professionals will address and improve the health of populations. Electronic health records and interprofessional teams will be critical to achieving the goal of better health.
Interprofessional Education and Practice Guide No. 1: Developing faculty to effectively facilitate interprofessional education
With the growth of interprofessional education (IPE) and practice in health professional schools, faculty members are being asked to assume new roles in leading or delivering interprofessional curriculum. Many existing faculty members feel ill-prepared to face the challenges of this curricular innovation. From 2012–2013, University of Missouri – Columbia and University of Washington partnered with six additional academic health centers to pilot a faculty development course to prepare faculty leaders for IPE.
Development and Maintenance of an Interdisciplinary Health Care Team
Realizing maximum independence for older persons requires understanding and collaboration among health professionals. Unfortunately, health professionals are often assigned to teams with no thought of preparatory team training. This paper is based on a case study which was an initial test of a conceptual model that depicts how an interdisciplinary health care team develops and maintains itself. It is a study of a 13 year-old interdisciplinary geriatrics team with no external or externally mandated leadership.
The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health
In 2008, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and the IOM launched a two-year initiative to respond to the need to assess and transform the nursing profession. The IOM appointed the Committee on the RWJF Initiative on the Future of Nursing, at the IOM, with the purpose of producing a report that would make recommendations for an action-oriented blueprint for the future of nursing. Through its deliberations, the committee developed four key messages:
Oral Health Across the Lifespan Learning Module
The new Oral Health Across the Lifespan Module, created and funded by the Oral Health Nursing Education & Practice (OHNEP) program and the National Interprofessional Initiative on Oral Health (NIIOH), is one of a 15 module series produced by the Association for Prevention Teaching and Research (APTR).
The module introduces learners to the Healthy People 2020 Oral Health goals and objectives as well as strategies for achieving them.
The module has 5 parts:
Defining IPE, Making the Case for IPE, Core Competencies of IPE
Dr. Babara Brandt delivered this presentation to the North Carolina Area Health Education Centers on November 11, 2014.
Middle Cerebral Artery CVA Speech Language Path
Nursing and Speech IPEC simulation scenario published on the California Simulation Alliance (CSA) online library of peer reviewed, validated and tested simulation scenarios. This simulation was submitted in June 2014, and accepted for publication in August 2014.
Development of Interprofessional Education Curriculum
This poster was presented at the Sigma Theta Tau International Society-Zeta Eta-at-Large Fall Fling. It presents the findings from the IPE pilot study that took place between California State University, Sacramento Nursing and Speech Language Pathology students.