Exam 4: Interprofessional Education & practice Flashcards
What is the quote by Atul Gawande
“Making systems work in health care – shifting from corralling cowboys to producing pit crews – is the greatest task of your and my generation of clinicians and scientists.”
The Goal of
Interprofessional Education (IPE) is what?
Interprofessional Practice (IPP)
What is Interprofessional Education ?
What is the goal?
- Interprofessional Education is the process of developing the understanding of and respect for the role and unique contribution of the health professions and strategies for collaborative client-centered teamwork.
- Goal: interprofessional practice
What is interprofessional practice
Interprofessional Practice is the collaborative, interdependent use of shared expertise directed toward a unified purpose of delivering client-centered health services.
Goals of Interprofessional Education (IPE) & Interprofessional Practice (IPP)
* What are the three goals?
- Quality of care
- Reduction in errors: what we do and dont do
- Patient safety
What is operational definition?
“Interprofessional Education occurs when two or more professions learn with, from and about each other to improve collaboration and the quality of care.”
What is silo education?
Silo: large containers for individual things-> only teach within that container, no interaction with others
IPE:
* 1972 on, how should we be educated?
Developments in IPE
Interprofessional Competencies
* What are the different things mentioned?
Made sure everything is going good and doing what you have to do
* Framework and core competencies
* Released May 2011
* Based on meeting - February 2011
What is the theme for patient safety?
EACH member of the health care team must be empowered to take action for Patient Safety
Institute of Medicine Report (IOM): Impact of Error
* How many dealths?
* What is the leading cause?
* More Americans die from medical errors than whhat?
* 7% of hospital patients experience what?
- 98,000 annual deaths occur as a result of errors
- Medical errors are the leading cause, followed by surgical mistakes and complications
- More Americans die from medical errors than from breast cancer, AIDS, or car accidents
- 7% of hospital patients experience a serious medication error
What was the federal action goal in IOM?
- medical errors by 50%,
- nosocomial by 90%; and
- eliminate “never-events” (such as wrong-site surgery)
What is the cost assoicated with medical errors?
Cost associated with medical errors is $8–29 billion annually.
“never-events”
involve scenarios/Conditions that should never happen to anyone hospitalized for care, such as surgery on the wrong body part.