The Arizona Nexus: The First Five Years
Abstract: Arizona Nexus is a pioneer Nexus Innovations Network (NIN) member with the National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education (National Center) and a statewide collaborative with members from five public and private universities and six health care organizations in Arizona.
Toward a system where workforce planning and interprofessional practice and education are designed around patients and populations not professions
Traditional workforce planning methodologies and interprofessional education (IPE) approaches will not address the significant challenges facing health care systems seeking to integrate services, eliminate waste and meet rising demand within fixed or shrinking budgets. This article describes how New Zealand’s workforce planning approach could be used as a model by other countries to move toward needs-based, interprofessional workforce planning.
Nurse Education, Practice, Quality, and Practice: Registered Nurses in Primary Care (NEPQR-RNPC) Engagement Group
Welcome to the Nurse Education, Practice, Quality, and Practice: Registered Nurses in Primary Care (NEPQR-RNPC) Engagement Group. This forum serves as a place for the NEPQR-RNPC Program awardees to network, collaborate, and share relevant best practices, resources, information, and activities to advance the Program's goals.
Editorial: Interprofessional Education in the Age of Risk and Innovation
In July 2018, over 400 health professionals gathered in Minneapolis, MN to attend the Nexus Summit, “Creating Results: Interprofessional Vision to Action.” In her plenary address, Barbara Brandt, Director of the National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education, spoke about the seismic shifts occurring in health care and health professions education and the importance of asking the right questions. This editorial provides a synopsis of Brandt’s address and raises questions for nurse educators.
Nexus Summit 2018 Resource Guide- The Power of Asking the Right Questions: IPE in the Age of Risk and Innovation
Nexus Summit 2018 Resource Guide for Opening Plenary, The Power of Asking the Right Questions: IPE in the Age of Risk and Innovation.
Interprofessional Care for People with Multiple Chronic Conditions
The Interprofessional Care for People with Multiple Chronic Conditions (IPCMCC) modules will prepare you to work in interprofessional teams to foster self-management by patients with multiple chronic conditions through the application of proven coaching strategies.
Interprofessional Collaboration and Health Outcomes: A Qualitative Systematic Review and Meta-Synthesis
Several systematic reviews have been conducted on the relationship between interprofessional collaboration and health outcomes using quantitative studies. But no systematic review had yet been conducted on this topic using qualitative studies. The following paper addresses this gap. A systematic review was conducted. From the broad search of the literature, 9 studies were ultimately selected after screening and critical appraisal, and were include in the meta-synthesis.
iAPACT Tools for Change. Implementation Kits for Interprofessional Academic PACTs: Strategies to Support Workplace Learning and Development in Academic Primary Care Clinics from the Centers of Excellence in Primary Care Education
Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Academic Affiliations, Centers of Excellence in Primary Care Education; Coordinating Center
C. Scott Smith, MD; Stuart Gilman, MD, MPH
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CoEPCe NP Residency Outcomes
Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Academic Affiliations, Centers of Excellence in Primary Care Education; Coordinating Center
Kathryn Rugen, PhD, FNP-BC, FAANP; Nancy Harada, PhD, PT; Samuel King, MS, MDIV
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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