Educating Health Professionals to Improve Quality of Care: Current Reality, Barriers, and Related Actions
The Institute of Medicine explores the existing evidence-base related to the education of health professionals in quality improvement, the educational and regulatory barriers to integrating this approach in the academic and continuing education settings, proposed actions for incorporating quality improvement into health professions education, and model schools or educational programs offering curricula in this area. Embedded in this paper are questions that will serve to initiate the development of strategies for reform of health professions education.
Educating Health Professionals in Teams: Current Reality, Barriers, and Related Actions
The Institute of Medicine explores the existing evidence-base related to the education of health professionals in interdisciplinary teams, the educational and regulatory barriers to incorporating interdisciplinary teams in the academic and continuing education settings, proposed actions to overcome these barriers, and model schools or educational programs using interdisciplinary teams.
Interprofessional ethics in rehabilitation: the dreamcatcher journey
In 2003, we led a working conference on leadership in ethics education for physical therapy and occupational therapy entitled, "Dreamcatchers and the Common Good: Allied Health Leadership in Generational Health and Ethics."
Keys to Successful Implementation of Interprofessional Education: Learning Location, Faculty Development, and Curricular Themes
Although there is evidence to support implementing interprofessional education (IPE) in the health sciences, widespread implementation in health professions education is not yet a reality. Challenges include the diversity in location and settings of schools and colleges, i.e., many are not located within an academic health center.
Primary Care Team Guide: "Improving Primary Care: A Guide to Better Care Through Teamwork"
All across the U.S., practices are trying to transform themselves to improve the quality of their care, become patient-centered medical homes, and qualify for new payment opportunities. The Primary Care Team Guide, developed by staff at the MacColl Center for Health Care Innovation, offers practical advice, close to 300 resources and models to help leaders and staff engaged in or considering practice transformation build more effective care teams and deploy them to optimize patient care.
How Many Doctors, Nurses, and Other Health Professionals Do You Need?
This presentation, delivered by Barbara Brandt, PhD, to the National Governors Association, outlines the impact of new delivery system models of health care on a state's workforce needs.
Collaboration Ready: What It Is and How To Get There
This presentation, delivered to students at Eastern Washington University by Peggy Martin, PhD, OTR/L, outlines interprofessional education and collaborative practice (IPECP), explains the importance of collaborative practice in different health care settings and includes a small group activity related to uncovering professional stereotypes.
Preparing for the Future: Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice
This presentation, delivered to faculty at Eastern Washington University by Peggy Martin, PhD, OTR/L, outlines interprofessional education and collaborative practice (IPECP), discusses team-based competencies, shares an overview of the University of Minnesota's 1Health curriculum and outlines resources available through the National Center to support the understanding and implementation IPECP.
Picker Institute’s Eight Principles of Person-Centered Care
Picker Institute’s Eight Principles of Patient-Centered Care originated with the Seven Dimensions of Patient-Centered Care, whose development was traced in the 1993 groundbreaking book Through the Patient’s Eyes. Using a wide range of focus groups—recently discharged patients, family members, physicians and non-physician hospital staff—combined with a review of pertinent literature, researchers from Harvard Medical School, on behalf of Picker Institute and The Commonwealth Fund, defined seven primary dimensions of patient-centered care.