As an educator, you understand that interprofessional education (IPE) strengthens collaboration among healthcare learners, including medical, nursing, pharmacy, physical therapy, and social work students, among others. IPE develops skills through simulation and experiential learning, allowing participants to gain a deeper understanding of each team member’s role, and an awareness of how coordinated decision making improves [...]
Recently New York’s University of Buffalo opened a brand new Behling Simulation Center, with interprofessional education in mind! The massive $375 million, 628,000-square-foot building was funded in part by the NYSUNY 2020 Challenge Grant. The new building allows the medical school to increase its class size by 25 percent, from 144 to 180 students and [...]
Did you know that half of the suggested 440,000 deaths attributed to medical error are communication related? By providing healthcare students and professionals with more ways to study case based simulations, online, in their own time, together — is certainly a must have for every healthcare organization. What attracts me to this learning [...]
IOM has recently released a report on “Measuring the Impact of Interprofessional Education (IPE) on Collaborative Practice and Patient Outcomes”:
“Over the past half century, there have been ebbs and flows of interest in linking what is now called interprofessional education (IPE) with interprofessional collaboration and team-based care. Whereas considerable research has focused on student [...]
