Improved Outcomes Associated With Interprofessional Collaborative Practice

Interprofessional education for collaborative, patient-centred practice.

Interprofessional education has been defined as “occasions when two or more professions learn from and about each other to improve collaboration and the quality of care” (CAIPE 1997). Much that has been written about interprofessional education (IPE) and the interprofessional team has concentrated on two or at most three professions, primarily medicine, nursing and pharmacy. Educational program...

Measuring the Impact of Interprofessional Education on Collaborative Practice and Patient Outcomes

Measuring the impact of interprofessional education on collaborative practice and patient outcomes.

Faculty Development for Continuing Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice.

This article proposes a framework for faculty development in continuing interprofessional education (CIPE) and collaborative practice. The framework is built on best practices in faculty development and CIPE. It was informed by local experience in the development, delivery, and evaluation of a faculty development program to promote capacity for dissemination of concepts relating to interprofess...

Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice-If Not Now, When?