“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.

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IPE Resources

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Hamson-Utley, Jennifer Jordan, et al., editors. Interprofessional Education and Collaboration : An Evidence-Based Approach to Optimizing Health Care. Human Kinetics, 2021.

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Moyers, Penelope, and Patricia L Finch-Guthrie. Interprofessional Evidence-Based Practice : A Workbook for Health Professionals. SLACK Incorporated, 2016.

Ebooks

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Cuff, Patricia A, et al. Interprofessional Education for Collaboration : Learning How to Improve Health from Interprofessional Models Across the Continuum of Education to Practice. National Academies Press, 2013


Committee on Measuring the Impact of Interprofessional Education on Collaborative Practice and Patient Outcomes; Board on Global Health; Institute of Medicine. Measuring the Impact of Interprofessional Education on Collaborative Practice and Patient Outcomes. National Academies Press, 2015.

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Nelson, Sioban, et al. Creating the Health Care Team of the Future : The Toronto Model for Interprofessional Education and Practice. ILR Press, 2014. 

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Medical Library Association. Interprofessional Education and Medical Libraries : Partnering for Success. Edited by Mary Edwards, Rowman & Littlefield, 2016

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Eisler, Riane Tennenhaus, and Teddie M Potter. Transforming Interprofessional Partnerships : A New Framework for Nursing and Partnership-Based Health Care. Sigma Theta Tau International, 2014.

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Kitto, Simon, editor. Sociology of Interprofessional Health Care Practice : Critical Reflections and Concrete Solutions. Nova Science Publishers, 2011.

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Association for the Study of Medical Education. Understanding Medical Education : Evidence, Theory, and Practice. Edited by Tim Swanwick, Second edition., Second ed., Wiley-Blackwell, 2014.

Journals

Articles