The goal of the interprofessional approach to education is to prepare all health professions students for deliberatively working together with the common goal of building a safer and better patient-

The goal of the interprofessional approach to education is to prepare all health professions students for deliberatively working together with the common goal of building a safer and better patient-centered and community/population oriented U.S. health care system. Interprofessional practice can be defined by some of the key associated operational definitions.

Interprofessional education: “When students from two or more professions learn about, from and with each other to enable effective collaboration and improve health outcomes” (WHO, 2010).

Interprofessional collaborative practice: “When multiple health workers from different professional backgrounds work together with patients, families, carers [sic], and communities to deliver the highest quality of care” (WHO, 2010).

Interprofessional teamwork: The levels of cooperation, coordination and collaboration characterizing the relationships between professions in delivering patient-centered care.

Interprofessional team-based care: Care delivered by intentionally created, usually relatively small workgroups in health care, who are recognized by others as well as by themselves as having a collective identity and shared responsibility for a patient or group of patients, e.g., rapid response team, palliative care team, primary care team, operating room team.

Source: World Health Organization (2010). Framework for action on interprofessional education and collaborative practice. Geneva: World Health Organization. Retrieved April 11, 2011 from http://whqlibdoc.who.int/ hq/2010/WHO_HRH_HPN_10.3_eng.pdf

Instructions

1. Utilize the Download Core Competencies for Interprofessional Collaborative Practicereport to identify interprofessionalism key learning domains.

2. Apply the four interprofessionalism learning domains, listed in the rubric below, to your own practice.

3. Upload the Word document narrative using APA format via the blue Submit Assignment button and it will be discussed during the weekly Collaborate sessions.

Supplemental Resources

For update on American Psychological Association (APA) style, refer to the manual and/or review the Purdue OWL site (Links to an external site.).

Rubric

Appropriately describe the application of IPEC “Value/Ethics” domain to student’s practice (20 points)

Appropriately describe the application of IPEC “Roles and Responsibility” domain to student’s practice (20 points)

Appropriately describe the application of IPEC “Interprofessional Communication” domain to student’s practice (20 points)

Appropriately describe the application of IPEC “Teams and Teamwork” domain to student’s practice (20 points)

Appropriate use of American Psychological Association (APA) style 7th edition (20 points)