Alan Dow, MD, MSHA Assistant Vice President of Health Sciences for Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Care.

Innovations in Interprofessional Education: Virginia Commonwealth UniversityAlan Dow, MD, MSHAAssistant Vice President of Health Sciences for Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Care

Reeves et al. 2011. J of Interprof Care.Abu-Rish et al. 2012. J of Interprof Care

Interprofessional Education• Discrete curricular events• Evaluation: learner

satisfaction, change in attitudes/ knowledge

• No long-term tracking

Interprofessional Practice• Changes in practice processes,

limited educational interventions

• Patient-level outcomes• No link back to

training/education

Center for Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Care

Early Learners

Advanced Learners Practitioners

Effective, efficient,

appropriate

collaborative

practice

Interprofessional Education Collaborative Expert Panel. (2011).

Interprofessional EducationCollaborative Competencies

Values/Ethics

(10 items)

Roles/ Responsibilitie

s(9 items)

Inter- professional

Communication

(11 items)

Teams and Teamwork(12 items)

1 2 3 4+3.5

3.7

3.9

4.1

4.3

4.5

4.7

4.9

Mean Scores by IPEC Domainversus Year of Study

Values and EthicsRoles and Responsibili-tiesInterpro-fessional Communi-cationTeams and Teamwork

Year of Study

Mean Score

N = 481 student responses

Values and Ethics scores significantly higher than other domains (p < .05)

Teams and Teamwork scores significantly lower than other domains (p < .05)

IPEC Domain

Mean (SDs) Scores by School

Medicine (N=194)

Pharmacy (N=137)

Nursing (N=70)

Values and Ethics 4.335 (0.784)

4.358 (0.861)

4.407(0.913)

Roles and Responsibilities 4.116 (0.807)

4.121(0.832)

4.311 (0.929)

Interprofessional Communication 4.149(0.790)

4.112(0.803)

4.255(0.885)

Teams and Teamwork 3.996(0.796)

3.995(0.849)

4.155 (0.910)

No significant differences by discipline (but it’s close)

Center for Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Care

Early Learners

Advanced Learners Practitioners

Effective, efficient,

appropriate

collaborative

practice

Build core knowledge (Roles & Responsibilities, Communication, Teams)

Maintain high attitudes (Value & Ethics)

Collaborate (Communication, Teams & Teamwork)

Center for Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Care

Early Learners

Advanced Learners

Practitioners

Effective, efficient,

appropriate

collaborative

practiceInterprofessional Case Series

Senior Mentoring

ServiceLearning

Simulation-basedTeam TrainingVirtual Collaborative Case

Interprofessional Quality Improvement

Emswiller Symposium

Faculty Development Series

Team-based Clinical Care Projects

Center for Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Care

Early Learners

Advanced Learners

Practitioners

Effective, efficient,

appropriate

collaborative

practiceInterprofessional Case Series

Senior Mentoring

ServiceLearning

Simulation-basedTeam TrainingVirtual Collaborative Case

Interprofessional Quality Improvement

Emswiller Symposium

Faculty Development Series

Team-based Clinical Care Projects

Emswiller Symposium

Effective, efficient,

appropriatecollaborative practice

Challenges

Does early IPE change clinical outcomes?

What is effective IPE for continuing professional development?

What is the relative benefit of IPE compared to process changes on patient outcomes?

What is the return on investment?

Questions and Discussion

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