Curriculum & Competencies
Whether you are maintaining or refining an IPE program or looking for inspiration on new approaches to education, this group is a forum for the ins and outs of IPE curriculum and competencies.
Measuring the Impact of Interprofessional Education on Collaborative Practice and Patient Outcomes
A new Institute of Medicine report recommends ways to move toward better measurement of the impact of interprofessional education on collaborative practice and health and system outcomes. Click here to view the report.
New IOM Report Examines Methods to Measure the Impact of IPE on Outcomes
The IOM report recommends actions that IPE stakeholders can take to better measure the impact of IPE on collaborative practice and health and system outcomes.
American Interprofessional Health Collaborative Webinar
Exploring Implicit Bias in Interprofessional Education and Practice
Presented By: Margaret Stuber and Janice Sabin
Picker Institute’s Eight Principles of Person-Centered Care
Picker Institute’s Eight Principles of Patient-Centered Care originated with the Seven Dimensions of Patient-Centered Care, whose development was traced in the 1993 groundbreaking book Through the Patient’s Eyes. Using a wide range of focus groups—recently discharged patients, family members, physicians and non-physician hospital staff—combined with a review of pertinent literature, researchers from Harvard Medical School, on behalf of Picker Institute and The Commonwealth Fund, defined seven primary dimensions of patient-centered care.
Improving School-Based Health Care through a Truly Interprofessional Approach
Wellness in youth sets the stage for health later in life. Chronic diseases such as Type II diabetes and sports injuries such as concussion require an interprofessional approach. In schools where nurses and athletic trainers are both present, many times they act independently. Despite having a common primary care mission and complementary training, they use separate facilities, supplies and medical records. New school-based initiatives exist, but have not included athletic trainers.
Oral Health Connect: February Newsletter
Innovations in Oral Health, February 2015 Newsletter
Oral Health Connect: March Newsletter
Innovations in Oral Health, March 2015 Newsletter
Oral Health Connect: April Newsletter
Innovations in Oral Health, April 2015 Newsletter
Advancing Compassionate, Person- and Family-Centered Care Through Interprofessional Education for Collaborative Practice
Compassion is essential for effective collaboration among healthcare professionals, patients and families. Conventional wisdom and evidence support the importance of compassionate healthcare. So why then are the concepts and skills related to empathy and compassion not routinely taught, modeled and assessed across the continuum of learning and practice?