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Dorrie Fontaine, RN, PhD, FAAN
University of Virginia School of Nursing
U 21 Health Sciences Meeting
Seoul, Korea
September 28, 2011
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What IS Interprofessional
Collaborative Practice and
Interprofessional Teamwork?
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How does interprofessional collaboration
happen ?
S In some situations (ICU, operating room), an explicit structured interprofessional approach is necessary.
S In others, health professionals may come together once or twice around a specific patient or clinical issue and then return to their independent work
S Collaboration often occurs spontaneously at the bedside
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What IS InterProfessional
Education (IPE)?
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Putting it All Together,
the WHO Framework 2010
Interprofessional Education at UVA
The UVA Interprofessional Education Initiative (IPEI)
Collaboration with the schools of:
Medicine
Education
Chaplaincy Residents
Architecture
Business
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Interprofessional Education at the University of Virginia
The UVA Interprofessional Education Initiative (IPEI)
Vision To improve the quality of patient care through the development and adoption of effective methods of interprofessional education and practice.
Mission To establish interprofessional educational experiences and assess their effectiveness in developing competencies required for interprofessional practice.
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Diversity in the context of IPEI “…..Recognize and respect diversity
of other health and social care roles,
responsibilities and
competencies…..”
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Diversity in the Context of IPEI
S Primary Partners
S Medicine Nutrition
S Nursing Physical Therapy
S Social Work Rehabilitation
S Public Health Pharmacy
S Respiratory Therapy Occupational Therapy
S Secondary Partners
S Business Engineering
S Law Education
S Technologies/Informatics
UVA IPEI core competencies
S Communication
S Professionalism
S Shared Problem Solving
S Shared Decision Making
S Conflict Resolution
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IPE Grant from the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation
Develop, integrate, and assess the impact of 4 IPE experiences during the clinical year of third-year medical and nursing students
Difficult conversations at the end of life
Rapid response to sepsis in an adult
Management of a chronic progressive illness in a child
Discharge to home of a cognitively impaired elderly patient
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Difficult Conversations
Simulation
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Days of Resiliency
Featheridge Retreat Center
Nursing, Education and Chaplain Resident
Introduction to MBSR and other forms of self care, including yoga, body scans and breathing techniques.
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Interprofessional opportunities for students
RAM
S Remote Area Medicine (RAM)
Venipuncture/ Central line maintenance
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Clinical Connections Day: Witnessing Suffering
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UVA
Interprofessional Education Initiative
(IPEI)