Implement Interprofessional Education in Healthcare

Communication in the healthcare field is critical but often happens in silos, which can lead to burnout and affect practitioners’ well-beings.

But interprofessional education—a collaborative learning method—brings together two or more professions and provides a framework for employees to share a common purpose: a focus on patients’ and families’ needs.

In this issue of TD at Work, Christina Barss and Angela J.

Patchell detail:what IPE is and why it is important to the healthcare professionhow to implement IPE and the associated benefits and challengeshow to sustain an IPE program.