UNE ‘poised to be national leaders in interprofessional education,’ national expert says
Members of Maine’s health care and education communities gathered at the University of New England’s Portland Campus for 健康 科学s in mid-December to hear from a national expert and advocate about the importance of integrating interprofessional education (IPE), which promotes team-based collaborative practice, into clinical learning to improve the quality of patients’ health outcomes.
At the event, 克里斯汀·阿伦森，m.s.D., director of the National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education, addressed why interprofessional teamwork is a foundational tool to combat crises facing health care in the U. S. today, like workforce shortages, increased violence against staff, provider burnout.
“业务 as usual isn’t working,阿伦森说, noting that UNE and its Center to Advance Interprofessional Education and Practice — the host of the talk — is poised to be a national leader in this effort.
“这所大学, 我会说, is the national leader in how we engage patients and community members in educating our students, helping them to really practice patient-centered care,”她说。.
正规澳门赌场网络校长詹姆斯·赫伯特, Ph.D. (foreground) and Provost Gwendolyn Mahon, M.Sc., Ph.D. (background), listen to national interprofessional education expert 克里斯汀·阿伦森，m.s.D., about the importance of promoting team-based collaborative practice among health care providers.
The push to advance IPE in health education began in the early 2000s when a series of reports cited a lack of communication and collaboration between providers as key reasons for increased medical errors and decreased quality of healthcare in the United States. 在这些报道之后, 许多大学, 一个包括, began initiatives to advance IPE in curriculums.
“Our call at the national center is to work at changing our underlying ideology and culture that crosses professional and institutional borders,阿伦森说, adding that the COVID-19 pandemic forced healthcare systems to rapidly change, 为新人打开大门, more adaptable team-based practice models.
“This is a moment in time when we must be reflective in how we’re educating current and future practitioners to affect workforce change,她问道, “Are we ready to question our beliefs?”
Arenson concluded by encouraging those in attendance to make stronger connections between practice and education by engaging with their colleagues.
“The people in this room can help address this. Effective interprofessional teamwork may be one of our strongest levers to pull to address the workforce crisis,”她说。.