Open Session for Measuring the Impact of Interprofessional Education (IPE) on Collaborative Practice and Patient Outcomes: A Consensus Study
An IOM committee examined the methods needed to measure the impact of interprofessional education (IPE) on collaborative practice, patient outcomes or both, as determined by the available evidence. Considerable research on IPE has focused on assessing student learning, but only recently have researchers begun looking beyond the classroom for impacts of IPE on such issues as patient safety, provider and patient satisfaction, quality of care, community health outcomes, and cost savings.
Effective Interprofessional Education: Argument, Assumption and Evidence (Promoting Partnership for Health)
This volume presents a systematic review of interprofessional education in health and social care. This is accompanied by a wider-ranging critique of interprofessional education, grounded by experience, and informed by sources beyond the evaluations that qualified for inclusion in the review. Synthesising the evidence base for interprofessional education nevertheless remains central, with 353 studies surveyed in the first instance, from which 107 studies form the basis for the final analysis.
Pathways Into Health National Conference
This national conference explores opportunities to unite, enhance and sustain new and existing pathways into health professions for American Indian (AI) and Alaska Native (AN) individuals and communities. This will be a venue for exploring educational methodologies that engage the AI/AN populations in health professions and for making findings, programs and resources useable by non-scientists. Registration is now open. Please visit the conference website for additional information.
Call for Abstracts: Pathways Into Health National Conference
This national conference is now accepting abstract proposals related to the successful implementation of programs, initiatives and policies that engage American Indian and/or Alaska Native individuals and communities in health professions. Read the guidelines and learn more about the conference, held in Seattle October 12-14, on the conference website.
Reflections on IPE
Professor Jill Thistlethwaite reflects on her experience of interprofessional education, her recent work with the National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education at the University of Minnesota, and highlights a range of valuable new resources available.
An exploratory review of pre-qualification interprofessional education evaluations
There are diverse perceptions about the primary purpose of evaluation. In interprofessional education (IPE), there has been a perceived focus on evaluating against the outcome of improved collaborative practice and quality of care. This paper presents an exploration of the nature and purpose of evaluation methods commonly utilized in the IPE literature with its focus on outcomes-based evaluation and particularly the Kirkpatrick framework. It categorises recent evaluations of pre-qualification (pre-certification) IPE interventions.
Faculty perceptions of key factors in interprofessional education
Embedding interprofessional education (IPE) into academic programs presents structural, curricular and human factor challenges. Nurses and physicians comprise the dominant dyad in healthcare, and therefore nursing and medical faculty are key in guiding future IPE approaches. However, faculty experiences with IPE are rarely reported. This paper presents perceptions of medical and nursing faculty about key factors related to IPE for pre-licensure medical and nursing students.
Southeastern IPE Conference
This conference seeks to provide a plan, and open dialogue, for ongoing interprofessional/collaborative education and sharing of best practices among academic health centers. The primary focus is to meet the new core competencies of IPE in relation to the management of patients with multiple chronic conditions (MCC). The conference will feature podium, panel and poster presentations touching on different themes of interprofessional education, clinical practice and health care team science. Registration is now open.
The National Academies of Practice Annual Forum
This year’s forum will discuss interprofessional approaches to engaging the patient and family in patient-centered care. The forum will feature a variety of plenary sessions and breakouts to examine the implications of patient and family engagement for practice, policy, education and scholarship. Registration is now open. For more information, please visit the NAP website.