Lecanemab Frequently Asked Questions
On July 6, 2023, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) provided approval for lecanemab (Leqembi) to treat early-stage Alzheimer’s disease. Lecanemab is a medication developed by Eisai and Biogen that may help slow the progression of early stage Alzheimer’s disease. Many people living with dementia, families, and care professionals have questions regarding this news. This document contains frequently asked questions and some answers for a better understanding of what to expect with the FDA approval of lecanemab.
July 2023: From Questions to Action
From Questions to Action
Thank you to the more than 70 academic and health system colleagues who joined us in April to hear what keeps the National Center leaders, Christine Arenson and Barbara Brandt, up at night about IPE and share their own sources of IPE insomnia. As we had hoped, ideas were flying during the webinar in the on-screen conversations and Zoom chat.
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Developing film resources for interprofessional education
Describes a process to access and ensure safe consent for the development of resources, enabling health professionals and patients to talk using an innovative, respectful approach. An interprofessional class with learning outcomes focused on management of long-term conditions needed to understand typical examples of community-based interprofessional health-care teams in action.
Developing film resources for interprofessional education
Describes a process to access and ensure safe consent for the development of resources, enabling health professionals and patients to talk using an innovative, respectful approach. An interprofessional class with learning outcomes focused on management of long-term conditions needed to understand typical examples of community-based interprofessional health-care teams in action.
Interdisciplinary collaboration: working in teams for patient care
Summary: In New Zealand, doctors work in collaborative interdisciplinary teams, particularly in the management of patients with long-term and complex conditions, and have an important role in supporting the further development of collaborative models of care. There are models of shared care between disciplines, across health sectors, including a range of health and professional groups as well as partnering with patients, family and whānau. Within teams, role clarification is necessary together with the building of professional trust in other disciplines’ specialist skills.
Social learning, shared accommodation and interprofessional education
This study explored what students on a rural immersion IPE programme reported regarding shared living arrangements. A qualitative survey question querying the most valuable aspects of the programme found many students highlighted the value of shared accommodation. There were five themes in the focus group data: Having fun together (yet learning); Formal learning through informal social interaction; Learning conflict resolution skills; It only goes so far: limitations to shared living arrangements; Not all living together has a negative impact.
Process of forming an interprofessional clinical teaching team
This research examined how pedagogically naïve clinicians of different disciplines initially formed an IPE teaching team. A case study approach was undertaken with data collected over the first sixteen months of an IPE program. Data analysis using a grounded theory constant comparison approach revealed themes relating to the formation, development, and evolving sophistication of the teaching team from functioning, to co-ordinating, to co-operating, and finally to collaborating.
Interdisciplinary collaboration: working in teams for patient care
Summary: In New Zealand, doctors work in collaborative interdisciplinary teams, particularly in the management of patients with long-term and complex conditions, and have an important role in supporting the further development of collaborative models of care. There are models of shared care between disciplines, across health sectors, including a range of health and professional groups as well as partnering with patients, family and whānau. Within teams, role clarification is necessary together with the building of professional trust in other disciplines’ specialist skills.