Interprofessional Teamwork
The interprofessional team has indeed become almost a standard feature in the delivery of professional services. A logical rationale has been advanced for reliance on interprofessional teamwork; the arguments usually stress the inevitable interdependence among professionals concerned with human services in an increasingly complex society.
The GITT Kit
Working together leads to successful outcomes. This is at the core of the Geriatric Interdisciplinary Team (GITT) initiative. GITT is a resource of the Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing (HIGN). Recognizing that older adults with multiple conditions rely on health care professionals from a variety of disciplines, the initiative was created in 1995 to improve care by enhancing the interdisciplinary training of health profession students and professionals.
Interprofessional simulated learning: Short-term associations between simulation and interprofessional collaboration
Background: Health professions education programs use simulation for teaching and maintaining clinical procedural skills. Simulated learning activities are also becoming useful methods of instruction for interprofessional education. The simulation environment for interprofessional training allows participants to explore collaborative ways of improving communicative aspects of clinical care.
Validity and reliability of a multiple-group measurement scale for interprofessional collaboration
Background: Many measurement scales for interprofessional collaboration are developed for one health professional group, typically nurses. Evaluating interprofessional collaborative relationships can benefit from employing a measurement scale suitable for multiple health provider groups, including physicians and other health professionals. To this end, the paper begins development of a new interprofessional collaboration measurement scale designed for use with nurses, physicians, and other professionals practicing in contemporary acute care settings.
Measuring the Impact: Evaluating Interprofessional Education and Care in Community Clinical Settings
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Two Years in the Nexus: Looking Back, Moving Forward
In her latest blog, Barbara Brandt reflects on the National Center's journey in celebration of its second anniversary.
Learnings from the Nexus Innovations Incubator Network Meeting
The National Center has identified and recruited incubator sites around the country to develop, deliver and evaluate IPECP interventions. The 15 projects spread over 11 states (with 10 new sites pending) have a common theme of linking education and practice so they involve both students (and frequently postgraduate learners) and health professionals. On 22-23 September, members from each project met with National Center staff in Minneapolis for two days. The aim of the meeting was to “cultivate and support a community of scholarship-based innovation in IPECP.” The agenda included short presentations from each incubator location with time for questions and discussions.
The National Scene for Interprofessional Practice and Education
This presentation, delivered by Dr. Barbara Brandt at the Indiana Center for Nursing in Indianapolis, IN on October 3, 2014, discusses the history and current state of interprofessional education and collaborative practice in the United States and gives an overview of the National Center is working to advance the field.
CAB V: Call for Abstracts
The Program Committee for CAB V is accepting abstracts for the 2015 conference. The submission deadline has been extended to January 26. Goals, criteria and themes can be found on the event's website, accessible through the title of this brief.
Legitimacy and Status Effects on Emergent Group Structure in Health Care Teams
This paper was originally published in the Proceedings of the Fifth Annual Interdisciplinary Health Team Care Conference, which took place September 28-30, 1983 in Rochester, New York. It is reproduced here with the permission of the authors.
