Interdisciplinary Teams
No single discipline can hope to meet the diverse and complex health care needs of the aging members of our society. At present, for any typical geriatric patient who is admitted to a hospital, it is quite likely that in addition to a physician and a nurse, the skills and knowledge of a physical therapist, social worker, nutritionist, and clinical pharmacist will be required; also, the services of many other health professions and occupations may be needed.
Assessing rural community resources for health care: The use of health services catchment area economic marketing studies
A relatively simple method for estimating the ability of rural communities to support health provider personnel services, the utilization of this tool is described and illustrated.
The British are coming: Some observations on health care teams in Great Britain
Healthcare professionals in the United States have been relatively unaware of the great interest in and experience with teamwork in health care going on in Great Britain and on the European continent. The author's reference to the famous call of Paul Revere, “the British are coming”, is not meant to imply that the British or their fellow Europeans are just arriving upon the scene, but, rather, that, in a more accurate historical sense, they have landed in force and are marching in well organized progression towards their objectives.
Teaching community agency referrals to medical students: The case method approach
At the University of Nevada School of Medicine, medical students were introduced to community resources in their sophomore year. Studies strongly suggest that the physician who has some knowledge about a community agency, either through direct communication or through a patient's positive experience, tends to refer other patients to that resource.
A model for recruitment and service- the University of Nevada's summer preceptorships in Indian communities
In 1974, the University of Nevada, Reno, received a special health careers opportunity grant to fund the Health Careers for American Indians Program (HCAIP). Aimed at increasing the number of Native American students enrolled in the university's model interdisciplinary health sciences program, HCAIP concentrated its first efforts on recruiting promosing high school students into a variety of health careers requiring university level training by means of a 6-week Summer Health Careers Program.
Need for Collaboration of Pediatrician and Orthodontist
At the Forsyth Dental Infirmary, Boston, the orthodontist, pediatrician, nutritionist and child psychiatrist collaborate to promote a more comprehensive approach to the patient with malocclusion of the teeth. Each discipline contributes a special facet to the total clinical assessment of the child. The diagnostic conference serves as an important educational experience in the program of the postgraduate fellows in orthodontics.
Aligning practice redesign and interprofessional education to advance triple aim outcomes
Achieving the goals of health care reform – described by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement as the “Triple Aim” – will place new demands on the health care workforce. Interprofessional team-based care, quality and process improvement, and population health management are not skills that have been emphasized in traditional health professions education and training.
Interprofessional Care: an Introductory Session on the Roles of Health Professionals
This is a script with video and powerpoint slides for a 2-hour introductory IPE session for junior or entering health professions students. The curriculum addresses role recognition and team-based care. The materials are organized into course director, faculty and student scripts, and is a step-by-step guide to implementation in an educaitonal setting using group facilitation. A faculty training guide is included. The materials are published in MedEdPortal and can be accessed by registering for free.
Knowledge and Attitude Change in Physician Assistant Students After an Interprofessional Geriatric Care Experience: A Mixed Methods Study
This is a mixed methods study to examine learning outcomes on Physician Assistant students of a longitudinal geriartics IPE curriculum for 5 health professions.
