2020 Profile of Older Americans
The 2020 Profile of Older Americans published by the Administration on Aging (AoA) is an annual report of critical statistics related to the older population in the United States. The Profile illustrates the shifting demographics of Americans age 65 and older. It includes key topic areas such as income, living arrangements, education, health and caregiving as well as special sections on COVID-19 and mental health. The report includes maps, charts and other data visualizations.
Competency Framework: Collaborative Practice and Patient Partnership in Health and Social Services
This is an innovative competency framework developped at Universite de Montréal (Canada), co-constructed by patients and family caregivers, educators, professionals, managers, and health and social services researchers.
In a collaborative practice and patient partnership approach, optimal provision of healthcare and social services inevitably requires the development and maintenance of competencies and a change in behaviours, both in practitionners and in patients.
The Power of the Nexus Summit
Our National Center team, AIHC committees, and many dedicated national advisors and partners are deep into planning for Nexus Summit 2021. We are excited to report that this year has set a new record for total conference submissions, including a robust response to our brand-new Clinical Lightening Talks. We are indebted to our national team of peer reviewers, who are hard at work right now. Our AIHC Committees are working to reprise highly rated content while creating additional opportunities to learn with, from, and about each other.
Working together in clinical pathology
This is a reflection-on-practice describing how an orofacial pathology interprofessional education (IPE) initiative was designed and implemented for undergraduate students in the discipline of dentistry, oral health and medical laboratory science. Six interprofessional competencies were used to guide the construction of teaching and learning resources.
Embedding interprofessional education in the curriculum
Drawing on experience and international research this guide, published by the Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia, provides theoretical and practical models to design, embed and evaluate interprofessional education. The guide includes practical advice on leadership of interprofessional education, planning interprofessional curricula, designing, assessing and evaluating interprofessional learning experiences, professional development for staff facilitating interprofessional education and case studies from Australia, New Zealand and other parts of the globe.
Designing an Interfaculty Education Program
The design of interprofessional education activities benefits from the use of formal education frameworks. This 45 minute module has been prepared by a team of academic and clinical staff, to share our learnings from the design and delivery of an interprofessional medicine, nursing and pharmacy education program. In this module the Lee et al. (2013) four-dimensional curriculum framework was used to assist educators in the implementation and analysis of an interprofessional education programs, making explicit the why, the what, the how and the where.
Interprofessional Education: Findings of a survey of HPAC Forum Members, April 2020.
This report discusses survey findings on Interprofessional Education (IPE) accreditation processes of the Health Professions Accreditation Councils’ Forum (the Forum). The Forum is a coalition of 15 accreditation authorities for the regulated health professions in Australia[1].
Myth Busting Health Professions and Interprofessional Education at the Crossroads
Barbara Fifield Brandt, Founding Director
I am really excited about Nexus Summit 2021 – our annual meeting grows every year, and this one is no different. We have again received an unprecedented number of abstract submissions from old friends and new colleagues as well as more volunteers as reviewers and planners. We will be using our More Than a Meeting™ virtual platform that was evaluated highly last year. I am particularly pleased that we are bringing back signature interactive features such as Nexus Fairs and the Conversation Cafés.
Web-Based Toolkit to Guide Implementation of IPE in the Clinical Setting
This web-based tool kit guides a faculty team through the steps to develop, implement, and evaluate interprofessional education experiences in the clinical setting. The toolkit includes concrete and specific instructions as well as checklists and worksheets to guide a faculty team through the process, including the use of our observational tool for team skills, DOTI (Direct Observation of Team Interactions). The components include clinical site readiness, student readiness, on-site curriculum, faculty training, specifics on DOTI, and evaluation.
17 June 2021, 13:00 – 14.00 UTC | Interprofessional Health Workforce Education and Planning: Why we all need to work together
https://interprofessional.global/17-june-2021-1-2-pm-gmt-interprofessional-health-workforce-education-and-planning-why-we-all-need-to-work-together/