Interprofessional Education and Training in the United States:

Resurgence and Refocus

Barbara F. Brandt, PhDAssociate Vice President for Education

University of Minnesota Academic Health Center

Madeline Schmitt, PhD, RN, FAANProfessor Emerita

University of Rochester School of Nursing

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Drivers / Resurgence of Interest

“Triple Aim”: cost, quality & patient experience

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

Health/Medical Homes, care coordination and Accountable Care Organizations

Many national reports calling for IPE

Consensus core competencies for IP collaborative practiceAlignment of Funders (RWJ, HRSA, Macy, Hartford, Moore, others)

– Need faculty development - implementing collaborative practice & learning environments

– Demonstrate value of IPE on patient outcomes

Collaborating Across Borders III

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Challenges: Can the US refocus?

• How to implement?

• Education or training?

• Little evidence to link IPE to learning/ competency or patient/community outcomes

• Need for assessment methodologies

• Practice sites to role model IPCP

• Is IPE another educational fad or can we refocus?

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Key questions to refocus

• How can practice education sites be transformed into learning environments that promote interprofessional collaboration? What are the essential elements?

• How can we measure process and educational outcomes and link them to patient/community outcomes?

• What evidence is required to mandate IPE in health professions education? What is the “value-added”?