National Center Director Blog Post: Living our Nexus Vision... New Opportunities in a New Academic Year.
https://nexusipe.org/national-center-director-blog-post-living-our-nexus-vision-new-opportunities-new-academic-year
National Center Director Blog Post: Living our Nexus Vision... New Opportunities in a New Academic Year.
A Blog Post from National Center Director, Christine Arenson
Living our Nexus Vision: New Opportunities in a New Academic Year
Interprofessional Healthcare Education Networking Summit: Best Practices in Interprofessional Education & Collaborative Practice
The Quinnipiac University Center for Interprofessional Healthcare Education is proud to host a networking summit for Best Practices in Interprofessional Education (IPE) and Interprofessional Collaborative Practice (IPCP). The summit will unite college and university faculty, healthcare practitioners and administrators to create a resource bank of evidence-based literature supporting interprofessional healthcare education and generating ideas to increase IPCP.
You are invited to attend upcoming Global Cafe Sessions to learn from colleagues across the world. Register today.
https://interprofessional.global/events/global-cafes/global-cafe-join/#joincafe
Trauma-Informed Caring for Native American Patients and Communities Prioritizes Healing, Not Management
Addressing intergenerational trauma remains a public health priority in Native American (NA) communities. Clinicians working with NA patients must express humility, understand local culture, collaborate, and develop an insider's perspective on NA past and present life in order to earn trust. This case considers an NA adolescent suffering from mental distress, possible substance use, and multiple traumas.
Just Do It: Transforming Campus Culture through Interprofessional Education and Programming
A call to action for newly assigned champions, coordinators, and directors of education practice and education. In particular, understanding that often universities, programs, centers, etc. already have IPE in place. A key strategy is to identify the when, where and how of IPE and to strategically organize the varied events, co-curricular activities, simulation, and other interprofessional inititiatives into a longitudinal pathway for leaners.
Advancing Senior Care and Aging in Place through Collaborative, In-Home Visits: A Novel Community-University Partnership
Report on a a 3 year project involving clinical faculty and students from pharmacy, nursing, and occupational therapy who engaged in team-based home visits with at risk seniors in an underserved county in Wisconsin. In particular, this report highlights the importance of community-based partnerships with organizations, such as Fresh Meals on Wheels and Area Health Education Centers. Results indicated that faculty, students and the recipients of care were extremely satisfied with the program.
Case reports of interprofessional care for clients enrolled in a mental health court
Background: An interprofessional mental health court (MHC) team was created in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 2014 to help keep low-level offenders with mental health (MH) disorders out of the correctional system. The focus of MHC is on stabilization of MH disorders and rehabilitation rather than incarceration. A clinical MH pharmacist was added to the team in 2015 to provide expertise on psychotropic medication regimens and to meet with clients for medication education. Case Reports: A 58-year-old black male was admitted to the MHC after he failed to provide sex registry information.