Category: IPE

April is National Interprofessional Healthcare Month

EMS is proud to join the National Academies of Practice (NAP) in commemorating National Interprofessional Healthcare Month 2018! Interprofessionalism matters! With our full suite of simulation management solutions for fixed, portable, mobile, and virtual training environments, it’s our goal to ...
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Cross-Departmental Interprofessional Education: Overcoming Obstacles

As an educator, you understand the need for interprofessional education (IPE), but you may be wondering how to overcome even common barriers to effective interprofessional education. Read on for tips on improving cross-departmental education practices at your institution. Develop a ...
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Multidisciplinary Team Training Gets a Boost with Simulation Management

Traditionally, healthcare education and training take place in separate schools for each profession. However, once formal education is complete, many health professionals and specialties find themselves caring for the same patient. To address this issue, many technological advances have allowed ...
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Improving Patient Care with Interprofessional Collaboration

The National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education has established that high-functioning teams can improve the outcomes, experience, and costs of healthcare. And a recent report by the Institute of Medicine also outlines the “positive impact that interprofessional collaboration and ...
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Five Ways Collaborative Healthcare Education Boosts Patient-Centered Care

Patient-centered care has transformed the landscape of healthcare delivery. Hospitals and health centers are shifting away from the traditional care delivery model in which clinicians prescribe the same treatment for patients with similar conditions or diagnoses. The new patient-centered model ...
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Who Pays for Interprofessional Education? Get Started with These Five Grant Writing Tips

The World Health Organization has issued an important call to policy-makers, decision-makers, educators, health workers, community leaders, and global health advocates to take action and move towards embedding interprofessional education (IPE) and collaborative practice in all of the services they ...
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3 Keys to Successful IPE Implementation

If you’re thinking about establishing a new interprofessional education (IPE) program at your institution – or expanding an existing one – you probably already understand some of the benefits of IPE. At its core, IPE encourages collaboration among healthcare learners ...
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Implementing IPE Doesn’t Have to Be a Struggle

Interprofessional education (IPE) encourages collaboration among medical and healthcare learners – medical, nursing, pharmacy, physical therapy, social work, and many others. It develops skills through simulation and experiential learning, allowing participants to gain a deeper understanding of each team member’s ...
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5 Reasons Nurses Must Excel at Interprofessional Collaboration

In the ever-changing world of healthcare, providing care has become more challenging. The importance interprofessional collaboration among healthcare professionals is crucial, especially in nursing. Nurses are central to coordinating care, working closely with others to guarantee that patients receive top-notch ...
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Integrating Interprofessional Education in Today’s Medical Schools

In today’s healthcare workplaces, interprofessional patient care isn’t the exception – it’s the new norm. Whether practicing in a hospital, clinic, or primary care office, medical professionals work side-by-side with a multitude of other healthcare disciplines, including nurses, physician’s assistants, ...
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