Unlocking Success - Best Practices in Interprofessional Collaboration: An Interprofessional Small Group Discussion Series


TTUHSC Interprofessional Practice and Education (IPE) Experience


Title of the Interprofessional Practice and Education Experience

Unlocking Success - Best Practices in Interprofessional Collaboration: An Interprofessional Small Group Discussion Series


Experience Status

Approved


Approval Date Range

9/1/2023 - 8/2/2025


Registration Details for Learners

OIPE Registration Site

Criteria for Registering the IPE Experience

  • Involvement of two or more professions.
  • Opportunities to learn about, from, and with one another.
  • Significant interactivity between participants.
  • Teaching and/or learning about interprofessional practice and education is intentionally integrated into the activity. Interprofessional practice and education constructs are targeted with IPE learning objectives are also discussed, trained, reviewed, and/or assessed as part of the learning activity.

Type of IPE Experience

  • Case-based and/or problem-based learning
  • Workshop, interactive demo, or small group activity
  • Rural Health

IPEC Core Competencies Targeted by this IPE Experience

  • Communication: Communicate in a responsive, responsible, respectful, and compassionate manner with team members.
  • Roles and Responsibilities: Use the knowledge of one’s own role and team members’ expertise to address individual and population health outcomes.
  • Teams and Teamwork: Apply values and principles of the science of teamwork to adapt one's own role in a variety of team settings.
  • Values and Ethics: Work with team members to maintain a climate of shared values, ethical conduct, and mutual respect.

Quintuple Aim Strategic Goals Discussed in this IPE Experience

  • Advancing health equity
  • Enhancing the experience of care
  • Improving patient and/or population health outcomes
  • Improving care team well-being

Detailed Description and Purpose of the IPE Experience

This small group discussion series is designed to empower learners from various healthcare fields with the knowledge and skills needed to excel in interprofessional collaboration. This series, conducted over multiple sessions, delves into the essential principles and strategies for fostering effective teamwork and cooperation among individuals from diverse backgrounds and disciplines.

Topics include:
Understanding Interprofessional Collaboration
Building Effective Communication
Establishing Team Roles and Responsibilities
Conflict Resolution and Decision-Making
Improving care team well-being and belonging

Interprofessional small groups of learners will have a facilitated discussion on best practices in collaboration. At the end of the event, learners will complete a post-event survey. Capstone students in the Office of Interprofessional Education will develop topics for the discussion.


Level of IPE Integration

  • 1. Foundations Level: Consists of introductory learning activities that provide learners with the opportunity to interact and learn from professionals and peers from disciplines beyond their own. The desired outcome for activities offered at this level is that learners will gain a deeper understanding of their profession while gaining an appreciation for the perspective and roles of other professions.

Attendance or Participation in the IPE Experience

  • CV credit
  • Voluntary basis
  • Certificate credit

Frequency of the IPE Experience

  • 01. Annually

Duration and/or Timeline of the IPE Experience

  • 02. 1 to 3 hours

Campus and/or Location of the IPE Experience

  • Lubbock

Average Number of Learners Participating in the IPE Experience

  • 02. 51 to 100

Target Audiences

Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Audiences

  • Biomedical Sciences, MS
  • Biomedical Sciences, PhD
  • Biotechnology, MS
  • Graduate Medical Sciences, MS
  • Pharmaceutical Sciences, MS
  • Pharmaceutical Sciences, PhD

School of Health Professions Audiences

  • Addiction Counseling, MS
  • Athletic Training, MAT
  • Audiology, AuD
  • Clinical Mental Health Counseling, MS
  • Clinical Rehabilitation Counseling, MS
  • Healthcare Administration (Certificate)
  • Healthcare Administration, MS
  • Healthcare Management, BS
  • Medical Laboratory Science (Certificate)
  • Medical Laboratory Science (Second Degree), BS
  • Medical Laboratory Science, BS
  • Molecular Pathology, MS
  • Occupational Therapy (Post-Professional), OTD-P
  • Occupational Therapy, OTD
  • Physical Therapy, DPT
  • Physician Assistant Studies, MPAS
  • Rehabilitation Science, PhD
  • Rehabilitation Science, ScD
  • Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences (Second Degree), BS
  • Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, BS
  • Speech-Language Pathology, MS

School of Medicine Audiences

  • MS 3
  • MS 4
  • MS 1
  • MS 2
  • Residents

School of Nursing Audiences

  • RN to BSN
  • Veteran BSN
  • Doctor of Nursing Practice
  • Graduate MSN
  • Post-Master’s/Advanced Practice
  • Second Degree BSN
  • Traditional BSN

School of Pharmacy Audiences

  • P1
  • P2
  • P3
  • P4
  • SOP Residents

School of Population and Public Health Audiences

  • Public Health, Certificate
  • Public Health, MPH Online
  • Public Health, MPH Traditional

Other

IPE Learning Objectives for the Experience

Values and Ethics

  • VE01. Promote the values and interests of persons and populations in health care delivery, One Health, and population health initiatives.
  • VE04. Value diversity, identities, cultures, and differences.
  • VE05. Value the expertise of health professionals and its impacts on team functions and health outcomes.
  • VE07. Practice trust, empathy, respect, and compassion with persons, caregivers, health professionals, and populations.
  • VE08. Apply high standards of ethical conduct and quality in contributions to team-based care.
  • VE09. Maintain competence in one’s own profession in order to contribute to interprofessional care.
  • VE06. Collaborate with honesty and integrity while striving for health equity and improvements in health outcomes.

Roles and Responsibilities

  • RR05. Practice cultural humility in interprofessional teamwork.
  • RR03. Incorporate complementary expertise to meet health needs including the determinants of health.
  • RR01. Include the full scope of knowledge, skills, and attitudes of team members to provide care that is person-centered, safe, cost-effective, timely, efficient, effective, and equitable.
  • RR04. Differentiate each team member’s role, scope of practice, and responsibility in promoting health outcomes.
  • RR02. Collaborate with others within and outside of the health system to improve health outcomes.

Communication

  • C02. Use communication tools, techniques, and technologies to enhance team function, well-being, and health outcomes.
  • C03. Communicate clearly with authenticity and cultural humility, avoiding discipline-specific terminology.
  • C04. Promote common understanding of shared goals.
  • C05. Practice active listening that encourages ideas and opinions of other team members.
  • C01. Communicate one’s roles and responsibilities clearly.
  • C07. Examine one’s position, power, role, unique experience, expertise, and culture towards improving communication and managing conflicts.

Teams and Teamwork

  • TT01. Describe evidence-informed processes of team development and team practices.
  • TT04. Use shared leadership practices to support team effectiveness.
  • TT07. Share team accountability for outcomes.
  • TT06. Reflect on self and team performance to inform and improve team effectiveness.
  • TT02. Appreciate team members’ diverse experiences, expertise, cultures, positions, power, and roles towards improving team function.

Type of Learner Assessment Administered

  • Summative assessment
  • Self-reflection with facilitated debrief

Formal Assessment Protocol used, if Applicable

Type of Program Evaluation Administered

  • Activity feedback/evaluation – from learners
  • Activity feedback/evaluation – from faculty, facilitators, and/or preceptors

Provide Details on the Potential Sustainability of the IPE Experience

  • Dedicated personnel
  • Dedicated resources
  • Met an identified need or gap

Provide Dedicated Funding Sources:

  • Centralized university administration funding

Roles of Faculty/Staff in the IPE Experience:

  • Facilitators

Additional Information About the IPE Experience, if Necessary


IPE Experience Organizer

  • Office of Interprofessional Education
  • Rural and Community Engagement -TTUHSC PB

Contact Person(s) and Contact Information for the IPE Experience

Renee Bogschutz
ipe@ttuhsc.edu