Interprofessional Education and Collaboration
- Interprofessional Education (IPE): When students from two or more professions learn with, from, and
about each other to improve collaboration and health outcomes.
- Key Factors Impacting Outcomes:
- Individual clinical skills
- Effective teamwork skills
- Effective systems and processes
Triple/Quadruple Aim ✔️
1. Population Health
2. Experience of Care
3. Per Capita Cost
4. Care Team Well-Being
Interprofessionalism
- Emphasizes the best interest of the patient as the primary focus, advocating for collaboration to
leverage collective knowledge.
Collaboration Models
- Multidisciplinary: Professionals work independently, recognizing the value of each other's
contributions, with strict role definitions (like a parfait).
- Interprofessional: Team members collaborate closely, working jointly with patients and families to
deliver quality care (like a smoothie).
- Collaborative Practice: Involvement of multiple health workers from different backgrounds
collaborating with patients, families, and communities for quality care.
Interprofessional Collaborative Practice (IPCP) ✔️
, - Leads to improved resources usage, population health, patient care, access, recruitment and retention
of providers, and enhanced communication among healthcare providers.
Interprofessional Learning Continuum (IPLC)
- Focuses on organizational change, system efficiencies, and cost-effectiveness.
SLU Interprofessional Education Domains ✔️
1. Interprofessional practice
2. Patient-centered care
3. Wellness
4. Patient safety and quality care
5. Social justice
6. Professionalism
Roles of Health Professionals
- Healer: Caring, compassion, communication, respect for patient dignity and autonomy.
- Professional: Autonomy, teamwork, accountability, responsible to society.
Expectations of Society for Health Professionals ✔️
1. Fulfill the role of healer
2. Assured competence
3. Timely access to care
4. Respect for autonomy
5. Altruistic service
6. Morality, integrity, honesty
7. Accountability and transparency
8. Team health care
9. Source of objective advice
10. Promotion of public good