Cost-Effectiveness of a Physician–Pharmacist Collaboration Intervention to Improve Blood Pressure Control
Previous studies have demonstrated the cost-effectiveness of physician–pharmacist collaborations to improve hypertension control. However, most studies have limited generalizability, lacking minority and low-income populations. The Collaboration Among Pharmacist and Physicians to Improve Blood Pressure Now (CAPTION) trial randomized 625 patients from 32 medical offices in 15 states. Each office had an existing clinical pharmacist on staff. Pharmacists in intervention offices communicated with patients and made recommendations to physicians about changes in therapy.
Indiana University: The Bloomington Nexus Project
The Bloomington Nexus project creates a translational model for improving transitional care for patients who have been discharged from acute care.
Employing mobile technology for a collaborative neighborhood IPE project serving vulnerable populations.
Oral session presented at the 142nd Annual Meeting and Expo of the American Public Health Association, in New Orleans, LA, 2014.
Integration of dental students into interprofessional clinical experiences with a disadvantaged population.
Poster session presented at the 142nd Annual Meeting and Expo of the American Public Health Association, in New Orleans, LA, 2014.
South Dakota Nexus: Transdisciplinary Obesity Prevention
This project focuses on changes among graduate students regarding attitudes and skills that impact their capabilities for addressing population health. Surveys and other assessment tools will be used to measure changes over time. Using a transdisciplinary team of experts in childhood obesity, students will be introduced to the interrelationship of topics presented in the Social Ecological Model (SEM) for Nutrition and Physical Activity Decisions.
Cultural Competence for Health Professionals
This online, self-paced course is designed for health professions students (including dental students) to provide a foundation in cultural competence and strategies to appropriately address cross-cultural issues in clinical settings. The course will prepare you to begin the journey toward competently and confidently interacting successfully with individuals from a diversity of cultures.
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Beginning the Journey: Awareness
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Building Cultural Knowledge
Right Side Up: Interprofessional Falls Prevention Education
This course prepares students, faculty and healthcare providers to perform their roles in assessing the risk of falls of people over age 65 as part of the Right Side Up project, currently in Fergus Falls, MN. The course illustrates how an interprofessional student program can provide value to a community, with a straightforward training and assessment program provided as an online component.
University of Minnesota: Mindfulness and Wellbeing for the Mature Woman
The Women's Health Specialist clinic has developed a six-week course about health and wellness in the context of menopause. This interprofessional health education program seeks to improve a woman's mid-life health by increasing adherence to prevention guidelines, increasing effective utilization of self-care strategies and planning for future health needs associated with aging.
University of Minnesota: Enhancing the Primary Care Clinic Team
DFMCH is testing transformative standardized teamwork using an interprofessional practice and education (IPE) approach that includes the patient in the learning, practice and outcome model.