Our future patients

The data is clear.

Working collaboratively as a team improves health outcomes and reduces provider burnout. However, we recognized there is a lack of low commitment opportunities in our curriculum that are SOCIAL and self driven in nature.

Heres what the data shows...

Early involvement is key

Implementation of interprofessional education earlier in healthcare curriculums has proven to facilitate awareness and appreciation of interprofessional roles as well as have a positive impact on students’ perception of teamwork. [1]

Burnout is common

“Approximately 54% of physicians reported at least 1 symptom of burnout, almost twice the rate of the general U.S. working population.” [2]

Improving health outcomes

Interprofessionalism has the potential to increase access to care, improve the quality of care for chronic conditions, and reduce burnout. Inteprofessionalism will also improve the comprehensiveness, coordination, efficiency, effectiveness, and value of care as well as the satisfaction of patients and providers

References

[1]

Fox L, Onders R, Hermansen-Kobulnicky CJ, Nguyen TN, Myran L, Linn B, Hornecker J. Teaching interprofessional teamwork

skills to health professional students: A scoping review. J Interprof Care. 2018 Mar;32(2):127-135. doi: 10.1080/13561820.2017.1399868. Epub 2017 Nov 27. PMID: 29172791.

[2]

Deneckere, Svin, et al. “Better Interprofessional Teamwork, Higher Level of Organized Care, and Lower Risk of Burnout in Acute

Health Care Teams Using Care Pathways: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial.” Medical Care, vol. 51, no. 1, 2013, pp. 99–107., www.jstor.org/stable/41714658. Accessed 18 Aug. 2021.

[3]

Ellen Flaherty PhD, APRN, AGSF, Stephen J. Bartels MD, MS. Addressing the Community-Based Geriatric Healthcare Workforce

Shortage by Leveraging the Potential of Interprofessional Teams. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. Volume 67 Issue S2: pp. S400-S408., https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.15924. 2019 May. Accessed 18 Aug. 2021.