Sessions

This presentation highlights a decade-long journey in interprofessional education (IPE) at one institution, culminating in a symbolic Oath at graduation. The Oath bridges IPE to collaborative practice, inspiring others to continue fostering unity and collaboration among students. It demonstrates how IPE can evolve into impactful, patient-centered healthcare practice.

In this presentation, a nurse practitioner mother and her clinical ethicist daughter will describe their interprofessional collaboration through the art of storytelling to encourage attendees to foster relationships of curiosity and appreciation with their colleagues to enhance resilience, well-being, and work-life balance.

Creating meaningful IPE experiences with authentic patients is challenging. We developed Pathway Programs where interprofessional learners collaborate to build therapeutic relationships, address health goals, and tackle social determinants of health. These programs emphasize teamwork and community needs. Reflections from students and patients underscore the meaningful relationships and impactful learning achieved.

Despite the rise in interprofessional education (IPE) and collaborative practice, opportunities for true IPE are limited in traditional didactics and rotations. The Emory Farmworker Project provides a model for community-based IPE programs to create a unique, high yield learning environment to foster collaboration and co-learning for health professional students.

We will explore our approach for addressing handoff challenges in nutrition care, focusing on communication breakdowns. Using process optimization and relational coordination, we identified root causes and fostered shared accountability. By enhancing communication, we developed a replicable model to improve interprofessional collaboration and streamline care transitions effectively.

Stop, Hear, Acknowledge, Respond, and Problem-Solve evolved from personal reflections into a transformative framework addressing incivility in healthcare. Integrating self-actualization with systems thinking fosters collaboration, resilience, and equity. This presentation explores its journey from personal growth to systemic impact, inspiring a new vision for teamwork and equity.