The development of a questionnaire to assess the readiness of health care students for interprofessional learning (RIPLS)
OBJECTIVES: Although shared learning activities are gradually being introduced to health care undergraduates, it has not been possible to measure the effects of educational interventions on students' attitudes. The main objective of this study was to develop a rating scale using items based on the desired outcomes of shared learning, to assess the 'readiness' of health care students for shared learning activities.
DESIGN AND PARTICIPANTS: A questionnaire study of 120 undergraduate students in 8 health care professions.
Handling Ethical Dilemmas in Multidisciplinary Teams: An Interprofessional Values-based Approach
This chapter explores the concept and practice of teamwork and interprofessional collaboration in the support and treatment of clients with mental health problems. Mental health care provision is complex, ethically challenging, and frequently delivered via mental health care teams (MHCT) in both primary and secondary health care settings. We consider how such teams may work together optimally using values-based and client-centered approaches.
The Volume-to-Value Revolution
This inaugural report of the Oliver Wyman Health Innovation Center (OWHIC) explores the future of healthcare between now and 2025. It offers an overview of three major waves of innovation that over the next decade will bring us to a new patient-centered and value-based approach to healthcare delivery.
Teamwork training with nursing and medical students: Does the method matter? Results of an interinstitutional, interdisciplinary collaboration
OBJECTIVES: The authors conducted a randomised controlled trial of four pedagogical methods commonly used to deliver teamwork training and measured the effects of each method on the acquisition of student teamwork knowledge, skills, and attitudes.
Integrating Oral Health into the Interdisciplinary Health Sciences Currriculum
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This paper describes an innovative interprofessional education model, Innovations in Interprofessional Oral Health: Technology, Instruction, Practice, Service for integrating oral health in health sciences curricula. The Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly illustrates a patient-centered interdisciplinary practice model for improving oral health of older adults.
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Interprofessional teamwork in medical rehabilitation: A comparison of multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary team approach
OBJECTIVE: To compare multi- and interdisciplinary team approaches concerning team process (teamwork) and team effectiveness (team performance and staff satisfaction) in German medical rehabilitation clinics.
DESIGN: A cross-sectional study with a descriptive-explorative design.
SETTING: Eighteen medical rehabilitation clinics divided into two groups (somatic and psychosomatic indication fields).
SUBJECTS: The 18 head physicians or psychotherapists in the clinics and their complete rehabilitation teams (n = 824).
Observational teamwork assessment for surgery: Content validation and tool refinement
BACKGROUND: Effective teamwork is crucial for safe surgery. Failures in nontechnical and teamwork skills are frequently implicated in adverse events. The Observational Teamwork Assessment for Surgery (OTAS) tool assesses teamwork of the entire team in the operating room. Empirical testing of OTAS has yet to explore the content validity of the tool.
Developing the Nexus System: Aligning Practice Redesign and IPE
Initial research from the Nexus Innovations Incubator Network has uncovered critical success factors that address barriers to implementing a sustainable IPECP program. By taking advantage of opportunities and overcoming challenges, the National Center allows project sites to fully immerse themselves in strengthening the Nexus between higher education and health system partners.
Resources to Help Share the Idea of IPECP More Broadly
The National Center recently unveiled Amina in the Nexus, a collection of free, online resources to help our partners explore the concept of the “Nexus,” by sharing the vision of interprofessional education and collaborative practice (IPECP) more broadly.
The resources focus on Amina, a mother and Somali immigrant with diabetes, who is part of a new model of care – one that includes her community, a team of practitioners, faculty and students working and learning together to keep her healthy.