Principles to Guide Your Dressing Choice
As the United States population ages and chronic conditions increase, health care providers are faced with treating complex wounds. The American Diabetes Association reported that in 2012 9.3% of the US population had diabetes, 2.5 million patients developed pressure ulcers in US hospitals, and venous status affects 500,000 to 600,000 people in the US annually. Each chronic condition involves wound care and can require extensive treatments such as debridement, antimicrobial therapy, and multiple wound dressings.
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center: Interprofessional Collaborative Practice services for cardiovascular risk reduction
The specific objectives of this Nurse Education, Practice, Quality and Retention (NEPQR) Project are to promote cardiovascular risk reduction in Chronic Disease Management (CDM) through interprofessional collaborative practice (IPCP); provide services to enhance the quality of care to the most vulnerable and high risk populations through IPCP; provide opportunities for interprofessional teaching and learning experiences for health professions students; and improve access to quality care for vulnerable individuals in Lubbock and surrounding counties.
Mapping curricular offerings back to IPEC objectives
I am currently working with some of my colleagues to develop a process for mapping curricular and co-curricular course offerings back to the IPEC core competencies. We are interested to know how other schools of pharmacy are implementing IPE activities into the curriculum. Specifically, we would like to know the following:
HRSA Nurse Education, Practice, Quality and Retention 2014, 2015 & 2016 Grantees
This is a private group for HRSA NEPQR grantees.
Measuring the Impact of Interprofessional Education on Collaborative Practice and Patient Outcomes
Summer Public Health Institute 2016
The University of Minnesota School of Public Health Summer Public Health Institute offers courses for students and practice professionals in public health and related fields. Participants can build or expand their professional expertise, learn best practices, broaden career options, network with other professionals, or explore a new area of interest. Courses are intensive, highly interactive and application-based with opportunities for field trips, case studies, hands-on labs, and simulations. All courses are eligible for CPH recertification credit. Credit hours vary by course.
Interprofessional Care for the 21st Century: Redefining Education & Practice
The purpose of this conference is to showcase scholarly work and works in progress related to interprofessional education and/or practice. This conference reflects on innovative implementation and evaluation strategies of the interprofessional competencies. Educators, clinicians, practitioners, researchers, health system leaders, policymakers, patient organizations, students and other interested stakeholders in the health and social services arena should attend.
Event host: Jefferson Center for InterProfessional Education
Exploring the importance of team psychological safety in the development of two interprofessional teams
It has been previously demonstrated that interactions within interprofessional teams are characterised by effective communication, shared decision-making, and knowledge sharing. This article outlines aspects of an action research study examining the emergence of these characteristics within change management teams made up of nurses, general practitioners, physiotherapists, care assistants, a health and safety officer, and a client at two residential care facilities for older people in Ireland.
Exploring interprofessional collaboration during the integration of diabetes teams into primary care
Background
Specialised diabetes teams, specifically certified nurse and dietitian diabetes educator teams, are being integrated part-time into primary care to provide better care and support for Canadians living with diabetes.