Barbara
Maxwell,
PT, PhD, DPT, MSc, Cert THE, FNAP
Professor & University Director of IPE & Collaboration
A.T. Still University
Dr. Maxwell has been involved in interprofessional education and collaborative practice since the late 1980s, working in this field in the UK, Asia, and the US. She currently serves as Professor and University Director of Interprofessional Education and Collaboration at A T Still University. She is active in interprofessional education and collaborative practice nationally and internationally. Serving on the advisory board of the American Interprofessional Health Collaborative (AIHC), as the American representative to The Global Confederation for Interprofessional Education and Practice: Interprofessional.Global, where she co-leads the policy working group, and as a member of Interprofessional Research.Global. A Distinguished Scholar and Fellow of the National Academies of Practice she served as the inaugural Chair of the National Academy of Practice for Physical Therapy.
Presenting at the Nexus Summit:
Background or Rationale
IPECP is widely recognized as a potential route to improving the quality of the patient’s health care experience, improving the health of communities and populations, reducing the cost of health care delivery, and improving the work experience of service providers, known as the ‘quadruple aim’
The research agenda for IPECP should elevate the process of enquiry by shifting the focus. IPECP research should be delivered with well-designed and focused multimethod research studies, underpinned by sound theoretical frameworks and models. It is conducted with methodological…