Professional Wellness has been a hot topic across professions for a decade, and recent events such as the COVID-19 pandemic and rising racial tensions have made self-care all that much more important. Further, a wholistic approach to patient care that includes a wellness assessment and key strategies to improve wellness can improve patient care quality and experience, prevent illness and injury, and promote wellbeing. As such, there is an opportunity to intermingle a critical professionalism…

Every day, mounting COVID-19 deaths in the U. S. are publicly recorded and privately grieved. However, less visible losses are unaccounted for, including those of frontline workers caring for the sick and dying; the unexpectedly unemployed; people charged with making morally and ethically impossible decisions; and innumerable others vicariously witnessing the “cruel capriciousness” of the pandemic. In myriad ways we are connected to uncertain grief our lives changed forever, not knowing what…

The University of Wisconsin-Madison Interprofessional Continuing Education Partnership (ICEP) conducts annual evaluation survey of participants of educational activities offered through the ICEP program. This survey was established four years ago and we continue to explore how to use the data in most impactful way to inform development of future interprofessional activities.   We analyzed the results of 2019 survey focusing on responses to four questions that addressed…

To contribute toward the advancement of better care, value and education in practice and community settings, CEPO organizes CE/CME activities that align with our parent organization, DHA. Co-creating and improving optimal outcomes for health, well-being, experience, and readiness are goals of the DHA Strategy Map that CEPO also strives to execute.   Interprofessional education (IPE) collaboration remains a high priority of the 14-person CEPO Interprofessional CE/CME Team.…

The Covid -19 pandemic presents unique challenges in development of programs for interprofessional faculty education that also provide needed support of our health care workers. Two weeks after our community required physical distancing, our interprofessional academy, Duke AHEAD started two programs that ultimately not only offered practical faculty development, but also served the unexpected benefit of supporting our faculty and staff. With over 700 members in Duke AHEAD, the virtual…