Changes in Healthcare Professions' Scope of Practice: Legislative Considerations
This document is a result of a collaborative effort in 2006 by representatives from six healthcare regulatory organizations. It has been developed to assist legislators and regulatory bodies with making decisions about changes to healthcare professions’ scopes of practice.
Practical Steps to Address IPECP Implementation Challenges: The Loyola Experience
In this webinar, Dr. Fran Vlasses and Dr. Aaron Michelfelder presented the challenges and rewards of a HRSA-funded project to transform clinical practice into an interprofessional model at Loyola University Chicago.
Objectives for the webinar:
National Center Launches Community Moderator Program
The National Center recently launched the “community moderator” program, an initiative that gives users of the Resource Exchange and Online Community more opportunities to interact with each other – and recognized leaders in interprofessional education and collaborative practice (IPECP).
Interprofessional education and the basic sciences: Rationale and outcomes
Interprofessional education (IPE) aims to improve patient outcomes and the quality of care. Interprofessional learning outcomes and interprofessional competencies are now included in many countries' health and social care professions' accreditation standards. While IPE may take place at any time in health professions curricula it tends to focus on professionalism and clinical topics rather than basic science activities. However generic interprofessional competencies could be included in basic science courses that are offered to at least two different professional groups.
IPE Transcript Designation
Hi all,
We're looking into the possiblity of adding an IPE designation on student transcripts following completion of a number of largely extracurricular IPE activities. Do any of you have experience with this? We'd love any input about types of designations, tracking student completion, verification of competency attainment and other barriers or facilitators for this process.
Thanks!
Shoshana
Open Session for Measuring the Impact of Interprofessional Education (IPE) on Collaborative Practice and Patient Outcomes: A Consensus Study- Presentation: Team Training and Patient Outcomes
On October 7, 2014, 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.
In this presentation, Shirley Sonesh and Eduardo Salas from the University of Central Florida's Department of Psychology and Instute for Simulation Training discuss the impact of team training on patient outcomes.