From professional silos to interprofessional education: Campuswide focus on quality of care
OBJECTIVES: The Institute of Medicine called for the integration of interprofessional education (IPE) into health professions curricula, in order to improve health care quality. In response, we developed, implemented, and evaluated a campus wide IPE program, shifting from traditional educational silos to greater collaboration.
Participatory knowledge exchange to support palliative care in Chile: Lessons learned through global health research
The authors designed a participatory qualitative research study to develop a collaborative partnership between palliative care practitioners in Canada and in Chile. The research goal was to support the provision of palliative care in vulnerable settings through a participatory knowledge exchange process using qualitative and participatory methodologies. The study involved an interprofessional palliative care team from a primary health care centre in Chile and 5 adults receiving palliative care and their relatives.
Medical school hotline: interprofessional education: future nurses and physicians learning together
The theoretical underpinnings of IPE emphasizes that we learn through interactions with others. Learners engaging with other professionals gain a better understanding of their roles, beliefs, values, and culture. Interdisciplinary problem-solving and active, collaborative tasks deepen this understanding and lead to shared patient care goals. Students in such activities have increased their perceived interprofessional competence and developed a better understanding of the role of communication, teamwork, and collaboration in patient care. The John A.
Interprofessionalism in Practice: What are the Barriers and Incentives?
In this presentation, Everette James, JD, MBA, shares his experience regulating the hospitals and nursing homes as Pennsylvania Secretary of Health, where he led expansion of the scope of practice for advanced practice professionals. He discusses the research underway at the University of Pittsburgh Health Policy Institute to measure the impact of team-based care delivery in both inpatient and community settings.
From school to work: Promoting the application of pre-qualification interprofessional education in the clinical workplace
The rationale for Interprofessional Education (IPE) is based on the assumption it will improve practice. Despite evidence that it may modify attitudes and provide knowledge and skills for collaboration, there is little evidence about whether these skills can be transferred to practice. The aim of this research was to explore how midwifery students apply pre-qualification IPE learning to practice and to understand the factors in the clinical workplace that facilitate or hinder this application.
Impact of interprofessional activities on health professions students' knowledge of community pharmacists' role and services
The Interprofessional Rural Program of British Columbia (IRPBC) was established in 2003 as a pilot program aimed at supporting the recruitment of health and human service professionals to rural communities in British Columbia, Canada. The program was designed to expose students in the health and human service professions to rural communities and to assess whether this exposure increased the likelihood of their return to work in nonurban settings once they completed their studies.
"What is found there": Qualitative analysis of physician-nurse collaboration stories
BACKGROUND: Effective physician-nurse collaboration is an important, but incompletely understood determinant of patient and nurse satisfaction, and patient safety. Its impact on physicians has not been described. This study was undertaken to develop a fuller understanding of the collaboration experience and its outcomes.
How to fulfill residents' training needs and public service missions in outpatient general internal medicine? An observational pilot study
QUESTION UNDER STUDY/PRINCIPLES: Ambulatory care is a mandatory component of post-graduate training in general internal medicine. Academic outpatient clinics face challenges in training residents in terms of exposure to sufficient patient case-mix, diversity of clinical activities and continuity of care while fulfilling their mission to provide care to vulnerable populations. We report the development and evaluation of a new postgraduate curriculum in ambulatory care in Geneva, Switzerland, designed to overcome such challenges.
An introductory interprofessional exercise for healthcare students
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate healthcare students' perceptions of an introductory interprofessional exercise and their team dynamics.
A cross-institutional examination of readiness for interprofessional learning
This paper examines the readiness for and attitudes toward interprofessional (IP) education in students across four diverse educational institutions with different educational mandates. The four educational institutions (research-intensive university, baccalaureate, polytechnical institute and community college) partnered to develop, deliver and evaluate IP modules in simulation learning environments. As one of the first steps in planning, the Readiness for Interprofessional Learning Scale was delivered to 1530 students from across the institutions.