“Interprofessional education occurs when students from two or more professions learn about, from, and with each other to enable effective collaboration and improve health outcomes. Once students understand how to work interprofessionally, they are ready to enter the workplace as a member of the collaborative practice team. This is a key step in moving health systems from fragmentation to a position of strength.” – World Health Organization (WHO). (2010). Framework for action on interprofessional education & collaborative practice. Geneva: World Health Organization.
IPE Resources
Print Books
- Interprofessional Education and Collaboration: An Evidence-Based Approach to Optimizing Health Care – by Jennifer Jordan Hamson-Utley (editor), Cynthia Kay Mathena (editor), and Tina Patel Gunaldo (editor)
- Interprofessional Evidence-Based Practice: A Workbook for Health Professionals – by Penelope Moyers and Patricia L Finch-Guthrie
eBooks
- Interprofessional Education for Collaboration: Learning How to Improve Health from Interprofessional Models Across the Continuum of Education to Practice: Workshop Summary – by Patricia A Cuff
- Measuring the Impact of Interprofessional Education on Collaborative Practice and Patient Outcomes – from the Board on Global Health and Institute of Medicine
- Creating the Health Care Team of the Future: The Toronto Model for Interprofessional Education and Practice – by Sioban Nelson, Maria Tassone, and Brian David Hodges
- Interprofessional Education and Medical Libraries: Partnering for Success – by Mary E Edwards
- Sociology of Interprofessional Health Care Practice: Critical Reflections and Concrete Solutions – by Simon Kitto, Janice Chesters, Jill Thistlewaite, and Scott Reeves
- Understanding Medical Education: Evidence, Theory and Practice – by Tim Swanwick
Articles
- Interprofessional education: a review of context, learning and the research agenda. (2012)
- Interprofessional education: effects on professional practice and healthcare outcomes (update; 2013)
- Developing an Assessment Tool for Enhancing Interprofessional Education of Patient Safety (2017)
- Learning to Overcome Hierarchical Pressures to Achieve Safer Patient Care: An Interprofessional Simulation for Nursing, Medical, and Physician Assistant Students (Denault, 2017)
- National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education – includes a shared resource center
- American Interprofessional Health Collaborative
- Center for Advancement of Interprofessional Education
- TeamSTEPPS – Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality – Evidence-based teamwork system aimed at improving communication and teamwork skills. Materials are available online
- Interprofessional Education Collaborative (IPEC)
- Core Competencies for IPE (2011/2016)
- Health Professions Accreditors Collaborative (HPAC) – released Guidance on Developing Quality Interprofessional Education for the Health Professions jointly with the National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education
- MedEdPORTAL – the Interprofessional Education Collection within the Association of American Medical Colleges portal provides access to peer-reviewed teaching or learning modules
- WHO Framework for Action on Interprofessional Education & Collaborative Practice
- Jefferson Center for Interprofessional Practice & Education (JCIPE) – website of IPE consultants
Videos & Podcasts
- Leveraging Podcasts to Introduce Medical Students to the Broader Community of Health Care Professionals – AAMC Journal of Teaching & Learning Resources
- Interprofessional Education and Interprofessional Collaborative Practice: Why Isn’t It Sustainable? – Healthcare’s Missing Logic Podcast #5
- Care to Connect Podcasts – from University of Toronto’s Centre for Advancing Collaborative Healthcare & Education (CACHE)
- Collaboration in Health Care: The Journey of an Accidental Expert – TEDx Talk by Joy Doll