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About IPE
Interprofessional practice and education (IPE) supports health professionals, health workers, students, residents, patients, families and communities to find solutions to enhance collaboration and improve health outcomes while reducing costs.
University of Pittsburgh: Non-physician Led, Interprofessional Teams in a Trauma Clinic
Advanced practice providers (APPs) are joined by licensed professionals and students from physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech language pathology, audiology, nutritional counseling and rehabilitation counseling to develop comprehensive care plans and provide patient care.
University of Minnesota: Mindfulness and Wellbeing for the Mature Woman
The Women's Health Specialist clinic has developed a six-week course about health and wellness in the context of menopause. This interprofessional health education program seeks to improve a woman's mid-life health by increasing adherence to prevention guidelines, increasing effective utilization of self-care strategies and planning for future health needs associated with aging.
University of Minnesota: Enhancing the Primary Care Clinic Team
DFMCH is testing transformative standardized teamwork using an interprofessional practice and education (IPE) approach that includes the patient in the learning, practice and outcome model.
Oregon Health & Science University: Assessing & Enhancing Clinical Education Sites for IPECP
Assessing and Enhancing Clinical Education Sites for IPE, or ACE intervention, is focused on placing learners in clinical education sites where teams with high levels of "teamness" model interprofessional collaborative practice. This intervention enhances the interface between education and clinical practice - also known as the Nexus - by focusing on educating learners in clinical settings where optimal teamwork skills are modeled.
University of Minnesota: Achieving Healthy Children with Collaborative Care
CUHCC, a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC), serves a linguistically diverse patient population with a majority of families living below the federal poverty level. This intervention observes the impact of TeamSTEPPS training and equity and diversity training for its staff on outcomes associated with diabetes and other chronic diseases, immunizations, well-child check-ups, weight screening, preventive dental visits, mental health functioning, patient satisfaction and cost of care.
University of Kentucky: Interprofessional Care Across Transitions for Stroke Patients
The UK Colleges of Health Sciences, Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy and Public Health are collaborating on an interprofessional simulation Intervention to improve care for stroke patients. The simulation phase will demonstrate the importance of interprofessional collaborative practice and guide providers and students on how to become effective team members.