Preparing a Workforce for Interprofessional Collaborative Care to Improve Health Outcomes Carol Aschebrener (AAMC), Polly Bednash (AACN), Lucinda Maine (AACP), Steve Shannon (AACOM), Harrison Spencer (ASPPH), and Rick Valachovic (ADEA)

The Number of People with Chronic Conditions is Rapidly Increasing Source: Wu, Shin-Yi and Green, Anthony. Projection of Chronic Illness Prevalence and Cost Inflation. RAND Corporation, October The Number of People with Chronic Conditions is Rapidly Increasing

Model Pre-secondary education Post-secondary education Practice MD Nursing Public health Other Teamwork Inter- professional Trans- professional Common Common Core + specific competencies Systematic teamwork Teamwork Core + specific competencies Systematic teamwork Teamwork Models of Inter- and Trans-professional Education Community health workers Common Common Common Common Dominant Courtesy of Dean Julio Frenk (Harvard SPH)

The goal of IPEC is to prepare all health professions students for deliberatively working together with the common goal of building a safer and better patient-centered and community/population oriented U.S. health care system Why IPEC®

IPEC Action Plan: Our Goals Promoting a common language and shared competencies Facilitating effective faculty development Fostering shared learning resources Identifying effective organizational models Facilitating linkages with clinical and translational research Promoting inter- professional collaboration with policy-makers Help our member institutions advance the field by:

Every medical, nursing, dental, pharmacy, and public health graduate is proficient in the core competencies for interprofessional, team-based care, including preventive, acute, chronic and catastrophic care.

Four competency domains with 38 sub- competencies: Values and ethics Roles and responsibilities Interprofessional communications Teams and teamwork

Moving Forward Established a formal partnership Articles of incorporation and bylaws Elected officers and established financial plan Received approval from FTC to trademark IPEC ® In the process of hiring staff Website:

Meeting our Goals: Facilitating Faculty Development Faculty Development Institutes: May 2012: “IPE 101” in Herndon, VA October 2012: “IPE 101” in Atlanta, GA May 2013: Quality Improvement and Patient Safety (QI & PS) theme in Herndon, VA October 2013: “IPE 101” in Chicago, IL January 2014: QI & PS theme in Herndon, VA May 2014: in planning

An Integrated Solution PUBLICATIONS Peer Reviewed Teaching/Assessme nt Tools iCOLLABORATIVE Non-MedEdPORTAL Peer Reviewed Innovations, Policies & Guidelines, Effective Practices CE DIRECTORY Continuing Education Courses for Credit The MedEdPORTAL Suite

Collaboration Across the Health Disciplines IOM Global Forum on Innovation in Health Professional Education National Coordinating Center for Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice Federation of Associations of Schools of the Health Professions (FASHP)

Reconnecting Public Health and Care Delivery Thought Leaders Conference in 2014

Contributing to Improving Health Outcomes IPE Education IPE Practice Improved Health Outcomes