The purpose of this lightning talk is to discuss the need for statewide interprofessional education to improve team based health care delivery, facilitate partnership across the health professional schools, strengthen the relationship between state health professions educators and the North Carolina (NC) AHEC program; and share best practices and lessons learned from efforts to be inclusive, gain buy-in, develop structure, and preserve momentum for advancing IPE. With approximately 60 health professions programs in NC and increasing initiatives to incorporate interprofessional training into these programs, educators recognize that their efforts need to align in order to avoid duplication and even competition with one another. Connecting these programs throughout the state to engage in a widespread partnership will transform health education by creating a platform to disseminate effective strategies for developing interprofessional practice skills and fulfilling interprofessional collaborative practice competencies, to foster collaborative relationships between stand-alone health professional programs, and to promote efficiency in clinical site placement for the development of interprofessional clinical learning environments.
The NC Interprofessional Education Leaders Collaborative is a working committee made up of representatives from health professions programs in NC, including 2- and 4-year programs, community colleges, technical schools, colleges, and universities. Collaborative leaders are creating initiatives to advance faculty development for IPE, improve coordination of clinical placements, and establish best practices and access to resources for implementation for participating programs.
This presentation will provide an overview of how the collaborative was formed and structured, including establishment of a charter and key activities completed. Outcomes from this collaborative will be shared as well as a plan for how these outcomes can inform policy initiatives across the state and advance interprofessional practice and education. By truly learning from, with, and about each other we are working to make IPE and IP practice a state-wide effort.
Disclosures:
In accordance with the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education’s Standards for Commercial Support, adopted by the Joint Accreditors for Interprofessional Continuing Education, the National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education has a conflict of interest policy that requires that all individuals involved in the development of activity content disclose their relevant financial relationships with commercial interests. All potential conflicts of interest that arise based upon these financial relationships are resolved prior to the educational activity.
Barbara Head, Tara Schapmire, Jill Forcina, Meg Zomorodi, Paige Brown, Kae Livsey, Sarah Smithson, Gerri Lamb, Nina Karamehmedovic, Yvonne Price, Jody Thompson, Margaret Robinson, Denise Bender, Melissa Craft, Angela Harnden
declare no vested interest in or affiliation with any commercial interest offering financial support for this interprofessional continuing education activity, or any affiliation with a commercial interest whose philosophy could potentially bias their presentation.
