School of Pharmacy and Health Professions, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Princess Anne, Maryland.
Salisbury University, Salisbury, Maryland.
Am J Pharm Educ. 2018 May;82(4):6522. doi: 10.5688/ajpe6522.
Health care professionals working collaboratively on interprofessional teams are essential to optimize patient-centered care. Collaboration and teamwork can be best achieved if interprofessional education (IPE) starts early for health professions students. This commentary describes the formation, implementation, impact, and lessons learned from students' curricular and co-curricular activities and faculty collaboration over a five-year trajectory of the Eastern Shore Collaborative for Interprofessional Education (ESCIPE). This collaborative is an inter-institutional, interprofessional team and includes 18 faculty members from nine health disciplines with administrative support to prepare practice-ready graduates through effective IPE curricular and co-curricular activities. This collaborative also serves as a resource for interprofessional education, research and scholarship initiatives for faculty members. Activities include educational programs such as an emergency preparedness point-of-dispensing (POD) drill, patient management laboratory simulation, geriatric assessment interdisciplinary team workshop, medical mission as public/global health rotation and service-learning program, rural health fair, and annual university health festival for community outreach. The ESCIPE has also facilitated interprofessional faculty assessment and development, research and scholarship opportunities.
医疗保健专业人员在跨专业团队中协作对于优化以患者为中心的护理至关重要。如果跨专业教育（IPE）能让卫生专业学生尽早开始，那么合作和团队合作就能得到最好的实现。本评论描述了东海岸跨专业教育合作组织（ESCIPE）在五年时间内，从学生的课程和课外活动以及教师合作中形成、实施、影响和吸取的经验教训。该合作组织是一个机构间的跨专业团队，包括来自九个健康学科的 18 名教师，以及行政支持，通过有效的 IPE 课程和课外活动，为实践准备就绪的毕业生做好准备。该合作组织还为教师的跨专业教育、研究和学术活动提供资源。活动包括教育计划，如应急准备点分发（POD）演练、患者管理实验室模拟、老年评估跨学科团队研讨会、作为公共/全球卫生轮转和服务学习计划的医疗任务以及农村健康博览会和年度大学健康节，以进行社区外展。ESCIPE 还促进了跨专业教师评估和发展、研究和学术机会。
