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.
ADVANCED NURSING EDUCATION WORKFORCE (ANEW) FY 2017- FY 2019 Cohort, HRSA Activity Code T94
Welcome to the FY 2017 ANEW private group page. This forum serves as a place for collaboration - sharing of information and activities, discussion of best practices, and networking to help us advance the ANEW program mission, goals, objectives, and activities. Towards the bottom of this page, you will find various topic threads that you may use to communicate with each other. This is an exciting opportunity to get to know our ANEW group over the course of the two-year project.
Program Overview
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:
National Center Webinar Fundamentals of IPECP Measurement- Webinar 2
This webinar is designed for practitioners (educators, clinicians, administrators) who are responsible for planning assessment and evaluation studies in IPECP, and who wish to become better consumers of existing measurement tools and more discerning readers of the research literature. Our main goals are to help you become (1) more skilled in, and (2) more confident when appraising the validity evidence for particular measurement tools. The webinar serves as a companion to the NC’s primer, “Assessment and Evaluation in Interprofessional Practice and Education: What Should I Consi
National Center Webinar Fundamentals of IPECP Measurement- Webinar 1
This webinar is designed for practitioners (educators, clinicians, administrators) who are relatively new to the tasks of assessing individual trainees in IPECP competencies, assessing IPCP team performance, or evaluating educational programs designed to improve IPECP. It serves as a companion to the NC’s primer, “Assessment and Evaluation in Interprofessional Practice and Education: What Should I Consider When Selecting a Measurement Tool?” by Connie C. Schmitz and Michael Cullen. The primer lays out three criteria involved with tool selection: relevance, validity, and feasibility.
Promoting a culture of health through multi-sector engagement and leadership
This webinar focuses on identifying how the social determinants of health (SDH) impact aging well and how the scope of the changing population will affect future healthcare workforce needs. The three presenters highlight specific interprofessional education and practice (IPE) initiatives where they are engaging seniors as partners in the team with community connections, enhancing community-based partnerships with healthcare organizations, and changing the paradigm of health by utilizing resources in the community to enhance wellness.