Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice: Welcome to the "New" Forty-Year Old Field
Since 1999, the United States (U.S.) healthcare delivery system has been transforming in profound and fundamental ways.
Faculty Development Survey
Greetings, We would like to survey our faculty to determine the best times and formats for faculty development of IPE. Does anyone already have a survey that they have used at their institution? Thanks in advance.
Barbara Brandt's Keynote Address at University of Wisconsin Summit
The Interprofessional Health Council (IPHC) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is a student organization with representation from 13 different health professional programs on campus. Funded in part by a generous grant from Target, IPHC recently hosted its annual educational conference. Over 100 students and faculty attended "Collaborating for Care: Interprofessional Health Summit 2015," which featured Barbara Brandt, PhD, Director of the National Center, as a keynote speaker. Watch Dr. Brandt's address at the link below.
Creating the Evidence through Comparative Effectiveness Research for Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice by Deploying a National Intervention Network and a National Data Repository
There is currently a resurgence of interest in interprofessional education and collaborative practice (IPECP) and its potential to positively impact health outcomes at both the patient level and population level, healthcare delivery, and health professions education. This resurgence of interest led to the creation of the National Center on Interprofessional Collaborative Practice and Education in October 2012.
Partners Investing in Nursing’s Future: Mass./Rhode Island IPE Project
Health care educators in Massachusetts and Rhode Island have collaborated around nursing and other health professions education for years. The Partners Investing in Nursing’s Future (PIN) project, Building a Regional Institute for Inter-Professional Education, highlighted in this video, shows how they worked together to build an institute to strengthen inter-professional education (IPE) in the region.
Evaluating Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice: What Should I Consider When Selecting a Measurement Tool?
This National Center-commissioned monograph provides basic information about good practices and processes in measurement instrument selection, development and use.
Viewed as a “primer” on interprofessional education and collaborative practice (IPECP) evaluation and assessment, it does not make recommendations on specific tools or tell individuals what to measure. Instead the primer guides readers on what to look for when selecting a tool, the importance of defining purpose and how to assess a tool’s evidence of validity.
A Qualitative Analysis of Various Definitions of Integrative Medicine and Health
This article by Beth Rosenthal, PhD, MPH, MBA (ACCAHC Assistant Director) and Anthony Lisi, DC (ACCAHC Clinical Working Group member), analyzes the components of various integrative medicine-related definitions published by a range of well-known sources. A group of eleven themes emerged. The most common elements included whole person focus, evidence-informed, optimal health/wellness, and combination of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) with conventional medicine. Differences existed with respect to terms such as modality/therapy versus profession/discipline.
