Operationalizing Interprofessional Education in the Clinical Workplace

• DOI: 10.1007/s40670-017-0448-7
• Publication Date: 2017-08-07T14:13:33Z
• Authors: Heather L. Hageman; Kathryn N. Huggett; Deborah Simpson; Carol S. Hasbrouck; Margaret L. Stuber; John Luk; Gayle M. Timmerman
• Keywords: Interprofessional Education; Scope (computer science); Scope of Practice; Health professions; Clinical Practice; Value (mathematics)

Clinical workplace interprofessional education (IPE) is distinguished from classroom IPE by its emphasis on patients rather than learners as top priority. Drawing on the expertise of 59 educators and clinicians from across the USA and multiple health professions, we summarized critical variables associated with IPE success in the clinical workplace including leadership, clinical site readiness, need for shared language across professions, defining scope of supervised practice, and value added by IPE trainees. Derived from experience and the literature, these IPE workplace variables should be considered by those deliberating, implementing, sustaining, and/or expanding IPE into the clinical workplace.