Proceedings of the 10th Congress of Health Professions Educators
Maximizing Your ROI: Collaboration and Quality in Distance Learning
Proceedings of the 9th Congress of Health Professions Educators
Faculty Shortages Across the Health Professions: Implications for Teaching and Workforce
In recent years, health professions educators and administrators have increasingly witnessed and have thus begun attempting to address faculty shortages across the spectrum of health professions, perhaps most acutely in allied health, dentistry, nursing and pharmacy. The development of new curricula and the aspiration to expand community-based education have exacerbated concerns about adequate, qualified faculty.
Review of Interprofessional Education in the United Kingdom, 1997-2013
This review of pre-registration interprofessional education in the United Kingdom over the fifteen year period 1997-2013 was undertaken by the Interprofessional Education Research Group and part funded by the UK Higher Education Academy.
Drawing on three sources: the literature, an online survey and reflective accounts by invited teachers with follow-up interviews, it seeks to provide an up-to-date picture of inter-professional education (IPE), representing the responses of 52 educational institutions relating to 63 IPE courses or modules.
Connect with National Center at All Together Better Health 7
Are you joining National Center at All Together Better Health 7? As co-host of this dynamic international conference, the center is planning many opportunities to connect face-to-face (June 5-8 in Pittsburgh, Penn.) including:
Implementing Interprofessional Education in a Clinical Practice Setting for a Mixed Student-Provider Population
The attached PDF provides a brief summary of a five week-long course on interprofessional education. The course took place in a clinical setting for a mixed student-provider population, and consisted of two, face-to-face sessions and five, on-line modules. The on-line modules were part of a comprehensive, interactive course website through the Moodle interface. The PDF also contains a brief overview of course results, and places the experience within the broader context of the field of IPECP.
National Center launches Journal Club; welcomes all interested in interprofessional practice and education
On May 20,11 a.m. - 12 p.m. Central Time, National Center will host its first webinar-based Journal Club, an opportunity for those interested in interprofessional practice and education to discuss the immediate impact of recent research in the field. The Journal Club is open to anyone interested in the field – providers, practitioners, educators, policy makers, students, health system executives and many others.
Implementing the "Nexus" in Michigan
If you spend any time with the National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education team, you will hear the word. And you might wonder what it means. What exactly is the “Nexus?” It means working toward a future where health care practice and health professions education operate in a meaningful system, learning and working together in teams with students, patients, families and communities to make a positive impact on the Triple Aim of improving the patient experience of care, improving the health of populations and reducing the per capita cost of health care.
Meet e-Patient Dave
When Dave deBronkart learned he had a rare and terminal cancer, he turned to a group of fellow patients online — and found the medical treatment that saved his life. Now he calls on all patients to talk with one another, know their own health data, and make health care better one e-Patient at a time. Filmed at TEDxMaastricht.
The Business Case for Implementing Rapid Response Teams
This presentation addresses the financial impact of implementing Rapid Response Teams. The presentation was given by William J. Ward, Jr., MBA, of Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health on May 17, 2006, for VHA Inc.