Development of a tool to evaluate health science students' experiences of an interprofessional education (IPE) programme
INTRODUCTION:
An interprofessional educational intervention on delirium for health care teams: providing opportunities to enhance collaboration
PubMed URL: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19012146
Interprofessional continuing health education for diabetic patients in an urban underserved community
The CPD(iQ) Saskatchewan Project (ICEC(4)) is directed by the Inter-Professional Continuing Education for Collaborative Client Centered Care Committee, representing the disciplines of medicine, nursing, physical therapy, pharmacy, kinesiology and dentistry at the University of Saskatchewan. It was designed to serve two target audiences: the urban underserved community that would access services at the West Winds Primary Care Centre; and health professionals at the West Winds who would deliver educational modules to those in need.
Enhancing interprofessional patient-centered practice for children with autism spectrum disorders: a pilot project with pre-licensure health students
PubMed URL: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18800283
Impact of an interprofessional community-based educational experience on students' perceptions of other health professions and older adults
Caring for older adults has become increasingly complex due to multiple health and societal factors. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of an interprofessional community-based educational project on students' attitudes toward other health care professions and older adults. A pretest and posttest quasi-experimental research design was implemented with 64 participating students from four health care professions (nursing, occupational therapy, physical therapy, and pharmacy).
Teaching an interdisciplinary approach to the treatment of chronic mental illness: challenges and rewards
OBJECTIVE: National policy makers and psychiatric educators have established the goals of teaching and promoting interdisciplinary care as high priorities. This article describes the implementation of an interprofessional seminar for which the dual aims were to provide a knowledge base for treating individuals with serious mental illness and to teach how to work collaboratively with other disciplines.
Learning a way through ethical problems: Swedish nurses' and doctors' experiences from one model of ethics rounds
OBJECTIVE:
To evaluate one ethics rounds model by describing nurses' and doctors' experiences of the rounds.
METHODS:
Teaching interprofessional health science students medical error disclosure
PubMed URL: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18412909
Communities of practice: creating opportunities to enhance quality of care and safe practices
A Communities of Practice (CoPs) approach was used to enhance interprofessional practice in seven clinical sites across Alberta. Participating staff were free to decide the area of practice to focus on and the actions to be implemented. All practice changes implemented by the CoPs related to either improving communications (e.g., introduction of joint care meetings) or information transfer (e.g., streamlining of admission and discharge processes).