IPE

Question 1

What is IPE?

Answer 1

Definition - 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“ (world Health organization, 2010)

Question 2

What is the goal of IPE?

Answer 2

Goal of IPE - to prepare health professional students with the knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary for collaborative interprofessional practice

Question 3

Why is IPE important?

Answer 3

• Patient safety and health care quality
• Communication lacking among health care practitioners
• Proliferating professions, increasing silos, competition
• Coping with complexity of health care delivery
• Access for medically underserved
• Health care workforce shortages

Question 4

When did CAPTE make IPE a required part of accredidation?

Answer 4

January 1, 2018

Question 5

What is interprofessional collaborative practice (IPCP)?

Answer 5

definition - when multiple health workers from different professional backgrounds provide comprehensive services by working with patients, their families, caregivers and communities to deliver the highest quality of care across settings. (WHO)

Question 6

How many national associations were at the 2009 IPEC?

Answer 6

Six

Question 7

What was the goal at the 2009 IPEC?

Answer 7

• Help prepare future health professionals for enhanced team-based care of patients and improved population health outcomes
• Create Core competencies for interprofessional collaborative practice, to guide curriculum development across health professions schools

Question 8

What was published in 2011?

Answer 8

Core Competencies for Interprofessional Collaborative Practice published in 2011

Question 9

How many national associations were at the 2016 IPEC?

Answer 9

15

Question 10

What was the goal?

Answer 10

Reaffirm original competencies, ground competency model under domain of interprofessional collaboration, broaden competencies to better integrate population health approaches
Core competencies updated in 2016

Question 11

What are the IPEC Core Competencies?

Answer 11

Patient and Family Centered
Community and Population Oriented
Relationship Focused
Process Oriented
Linked to Learning Activities
Education Strategies
Behavioral Assessments
Integrated across Learning Continuum
Sensitive and Applicable  
Applicable across Professions
Common Language and Meaningful
Outcome Driven

Question 12

What is competency 1?

Answer 12

Work with individuals of other professions to maintain a climate of mutual respect and shared values (Values / Ethics for Interprofessional Practice)

Question 13

What are the sub-competencies for competency 1?

Answer 13

• Respect the dignity and privacy of patients while maintaining confidentiality in the delivery of team-based care
• Manage ethical dilemmas specific to interprofessional patient / population centered care situations

Question 14

What is competency 2?

Answer 14

Use the knowledge of one’s own role and those of other professions to appropriately assess and address the health care needs of patients and to promote and advance the health of populations. (Roles / Responsibilities)

Question 15

What are the sub-competencies for competency 2?

Answer 15

• Recognize one’s limitations in skills, knowledge, and abilities.
• Forge interdependent relationships with other professions within and outside of the health system to improve care and advance learning

Question 16

What is competency 3?

Answer 16

Communicate with patients, families, communities, and professionals in health and other fields in a responsive and responsible manner that supports a team approach to the promotion and maintenance of health and the prevention and treatment of disease. (Interprofessional Communication)

Question 17

What are the sub-competencies for competency 3?

Answer 17

• Use respectful language appropriate for a given difficult situation, crucial conversation, or conflict.
• Listen actively, and encourage ideas and opinions of other team members

Question 18

What is competency 4?

Answer 18

Apply relationship-building values and principles of team dynamics to perform effectively in different team roles to plan, deliver, and evaluate patient / population-centered care and population health programs and policies that are safe, timely, efficient, effective, and equitable. (Teams and Teamwork)

Question 19

What are the sub-competencies for competency 4?

Answer 19

• Develop consensus on the ethical principles to guide all aspects of team work.
• Reflect on individual and team performance for individual, as well as team, performance improvement