Inaugural Learning Together at the Nexus: National Center Summit on the Future of IPE
Convened by the National Center and co-hosted by the American Interprofessional Health Collaborative (AIHC), the Inaugural Learning Together at the Nexus: National Center summit on the Future of IPE will foster a learning environment for participants to gain knowledge and skills for advancing the field of interprofessional practice and education (IPE).
Inaugural Learning Together at the Nexus: National Center Summit on the Future of IPE
Convened by the National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education & co-hosted with the American Interprofessional Health Collaborative
Perceptions of interprofessionalism in health professional students participating in a novel community service initiative
Interprofessional collaboration is integral to effective patient care in today's healthcare system. Early exposure to other professions in a hands-on manner during education can be helpful for future practice. However, opportunities for interprofessional education are typically faculty driven and remain limited. Thirty-eight students from different health professions at the University of British Columbia worked collaboratively to promote cardiovascular risk reduction in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside.
Attitudes of the first cohort of student groups trained together at the University of Portsmouth Dental Academy towards dental interprofessional education
Objective
This study explored, and compared, the attitudes of student groups trained at the University of Portsmouth Dental Academy (UPDA) in 2010/2011 towards dental interprofessional education (IPE).
Methods
EIC-ICU Toolkit: Enhancing Interprofessional Collaboration in the Intensive Care Unit
The EIC-ICU Toolkit is a series of three tools that are based on extensive theoretically informed qualitative research in a number of ICUs across North America. The Toolkit aims to address the related issues of interprofessional collaboration and patient family involvement in the ICU in an effort to improve the safety and quality of care delivery. These tools in this toolkit can be used collectively, as stand-alone activities, or can be incorporated into existing interprofessional team activities.
Loyola University Chicago: Interprofessional Care Coordination Teams to Address Diabetes
This project studies the impact of using a care coordination team on both outcomes for diabetic adult patients and outcomes for health care providers.
Breaking Down the Silos: An Interprofessional Approach to Education
An interprofessional practice gap was identified in relation to discharge care provided to patients with tracheostomies or laryngectomies. Using a case study method, this article presents an approach that administrators of educational programs can take to develop an instructive strategy to address the practice gap and improve patient care.
Virtual TeamSTEPPS® Simulations Produce Teamwork Attitude Changes Among Health Professions Students
Background:
The majority of the estimated 400,000 or more patient deaths per year in the United States are from preventable medical errors due to poor communication. Team training programs have been established to teach teamwork skills to health professions students. However, it is often challenging to provide this training at a physical site. A brief intervention using a virtual learning environment with TeamSTEPPS®-based scenarios is described.
Method:
Developing interprofessional education: putting theory into practice
Toolkit in the Clinical Teacher
Despite its now long history, interprofessional education (IPE) is still not a routine component of health professional education. Although there are challenges when introducing IPE, as noted here, these may be overcome with careful planning and consideration of the learning outcomes for all of the students involved.