Using Standardized Patients to Teach Interprofessional Competencies to Dental Students
The aims of this study were to develop, implement, and evaluate a novel interprofessional standardized patient exercise (ISPE) with oral-systemic and interprofessional collaborative practice (IPCP) components. Dental students and doctor of nursing practice (DNP) students at one U.S. university participated in the simulation, which was primarily designed to test their teamwork skills. In spring 2014, DNP students worked in the dental clinics with dental students under the supervision of nursing and dental faculty members.
Opportunities and Challgenges in the The Use of an External Interprofessional Reviewing Body in a Curricular Review Process in a Doctor of Physical Therapy Curriculum
Purpose: The purpose of this article is to describe the opportunities and challenges of a curricular review process in an entry-level doctor of physical therapy geriatric curriculum. The curricular review process utilized an external interprofessional reviewing body, in conjunction with an established internal curricular reviewing body, to determine inclusion of Essential Competencies in order to prepare students for best clinical practice in the care of the older adult.
Integrating Compassionate, Collaborative Care (the "Triple C") Into Health Professional Education to Advance the Triple Aim of Health Care
Empathy and compassion provide an important foundation for effective collaboration in health care. Compassion (the recognition of and response to the distress and suffering of others) should be consistently offered by health care professionals to patients, families, staff, and one another. However, compassion without collaboration may result in uncoordinated care, while collaboration without compassion may result in technically correct but depersonalized care that fails to meet the unique emotional and psychosocial needs of all involved.
National Center Annual Report: Igniting the Movement
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This report highlights four areas of National Center progress during Year Three. Because of the sheer volume of National Center activity, we have chosen our most important achievements – showing where we are making a significant difference in the national conversation about health care transformation.
Highlights of Year Three include:
2016 TeamSTEPPS National Conference
This conference brings techniques, tools and new thinking to assist health care professionals in successfully implementing and sustaining TeamSTEPPS.
IPEC 2016 Spring Institute
Interprofessional teams consisting of health professionals and academic and practice partners are invited to attend the Interprofessional Education Collaborative (IPEC) 2016 Spring Institute.
2016 Institute for Healthcare Improvement Change Conference
The 2016 Institute for Health Improvement (IHI) Change Conference will highlight lessons from the first two years of IHI’s Leadership Alliance, IHI’s High-Impact Leadership framework and IHI’s disciplined process for innovation.
Leadership Development for Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice
Leadership Development of Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice is an edited compilation of chapters written by international medical and health professional experts. The book provides historical and current perspectives on leadership in healthcare.
Featured Chapter: Chapter 7, Interprofessional Leadership Development in the United States, authored by Alan Dow, Amy Blue, Shelley Kohn Conrad, Mark Earnest, Amy Leaphart, & Scott Reeves, includes case studies from Nexus Innovation Network sites
AIHC Webinar Series: Social Determinants and the Context of Care: Going Beyond the Obvious for Prevention and Practice
This webinar will provide participants with socioecological and trauma-informed frameworks to better understand individual, interpersonal, interprofessional, community and policy-level implications of early and enduring adversity and health inequities.
Integrating Acupuncture in an Inpatient Setting
Acupuncture, a licensed health care profession in the United States, is poorly integrated into the American health care system, despite the evidence of its effectiveness. The purpose of this study was to offer a phenomenological description of the experience of acupuncturists who delivered acupuncture care in a tertiary teaching hospital in New York City.
