Working in Teams
This learning module discusses healthcare teams. By the end of the presentation, learners should be able to: (1) discuss the reasons an interprofessional team can provide better care for an older adult with multiple chronic conditions (MCC); (2) identify the roles and responsibilities of possible common team members; and (3) describe how the individual older adult needs to determine who becomes a member of the team. A short list of resources is available for download.
The module is also available in Spanish.
Source: CATCH-ON, 2022
Palliative Care
Palliative care is an approach to aggressively treat symptoms and improve quality of life for patients facing life-limiting illness. Participate in this module to learn the role of the interdisciplinary palliative care team in relieving symptoms, pain and the stress of a serious illness. Learners will recognize clinical situations where palliative care may improve the quality of life for both the patient and the family.
Common Acquired Hospital Complications of the Older Adult
Hospitalization and readmission rates (“revolving door syndrome”) are extremely high among older adults. Approximately, 20% of Medicare patients are readmitted to hospitals within 30 days of being discharged, and 56% readmitted within one year of discharge. Hospitalizations among older adults disproportionately result in poor outcomes. Participate in this module to learn about five common complications experienced by hospitalized older adults—functional decline, delirium, falls, pressure injuries and adverse medication effects.
Community-Based Interprofessional Home Care of the Older Adult
The need to reduce the costs of care for the chronically ill has led to the exploration of ways to provide increasingly more complex care in the home, rather than extending hospital stays or institutionalization. Studies indicate that interprofessional home care teams are able to provide comprehensive patient-centered care to community dwelling medically complex older adults with comparable or better clinical outcomes.
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Improving the Health of Rural Communities Through Academic-Community Partnerships and Interprofessional Health Care and Training Models
Academic Medicine Invited Commentary by National Center Founding Director Barbara Brandt and colleagues:
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The effects of an IPS-based IPE program on interprofessional socialization and dual identity development
The purpose of this study was to assess the effect of an interprofessional socialization (IPS) based interprofessional education (IPE) program intervention on health professions students’ IPS process and dual identity development. Despite the growing acknowledgment of IPS in recent literature, there is a paucity of research investigating socialization processes learners move through in order to develop dual identity – professional and interprofessional. A concurrent embedded mixed-method design was used.
Global leadership in IPECP research; an intro to co-creation of best practice guidelines
While the quality of IPECP evaluative research studies has improved over the years, there is still much to be achieved. According to the InterprofessionalResearch.Global (IPR.Global) Discussion Paper, “the research agenda for IPECP should elevate the process of enquiry by shifting focus from that of program- or project-specific level interrogation to determining the impact of IPECP.”
Guidance on Global Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice Research: Discussion Paper
This Discussion Paper aims to provide guidance on IPECP research. We provide a perspective of the current situation and the needs in IPECP research around the globe, make recommendations for research teams to advance IPECP theory-informed research, and invite collaborators to join us in this initiative. The appendix provides a proposed lexicon for the interprofessional field based on the current interprofessional literature.
Building Resilience in Health Care in the time of COVID-19 through Collaboration- A Call to Action
In this Call to Action, we invite and urge the global health care community – in both practice and education – to take strategic actions, at all levels, to address burnout and develop resilience among HCPs, faculty, learners, healthcare organizations, and healthcare systems.