Sessions

This study demonstrates that interprofessional collaboration enhances patient outcomes in critical care. Structured interprofessional practices involving broad based education, delineation of roles and responsibilities, teamwork, and shared decision-making frameworks improve safety and alignment with patient goals, reducing complications, improving efficiency, and reducing expenditures. This approach offers scalable benefits for advancing holistic, patient-centered care across healthcare systems.

This session explores the design and implementation of an interprofessional escape room activity involving nurse practitioner and paramedicine students. Attendees will learn how this innovative approach enhances teamwork, communication, and role understanding in acute care settings, fostering essential skills for effective interprofessional collaboration in healthcare.

Knowledge and clinical application of anatomy and physiology (A&P) are fundamental for practicing healthcare professionals. This common educational requirement allows for the opportunity for interdisciplinary learning. Students from physiotherapy and occupational therapy participated in a series of interdisciplinary A&P cadaveric labs which was positively received with increased readiness for interprofessional learning.

Equine-assisted Services (EAS) have been utilized as an approach in healthcare and learning; however, its utility has not been investigated in the context of interprofessional team leadership development (ITLD). This pilot demonstrates the utility of learning with horses as an EAS method to foster development of key interprofessional leadership components.