The Webinar will begin at. 11:30 a.m. CT

The Webinar will begin at 11:30 a.m. CT

Developing and implementing interprofessional faculty development programming at academic medical centers: Identifying strengths, barriers, and opportunities Friday, December 9, 2016

Moderator Judy Ortiz, PhD, PA-C, DFAAPA Dean, College of Health Sciences Director, School of Physician Assistant Studies Marshall B. Ketchum University

Presenter David Topor, PhD, MS-HPEd Clinical Psychologist, Associate Director for Healthcare Professional Education, VA Boston Healthcare System Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

Disclosure The National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education has a conflict of interest policy that requires disclosure of financial interests or affiliations with organizations with a direct substantial interest in the subject matter of their program. David R. Topor, Ph.D, MS-HPEd. Does not have a vested interest in or affiliation with any corporate organization offering financial support or grant monies for this interprofessional continuing education activity, or any affiliation with an organization whose philosophy could potentially bias this presentation.

Developing and implementing interprofessional faculty development programming at academic medical centers: Identifying strengths, barriers, and opportunities David Topor, Ph.D., MS-HPEd. Andrew Budson, MD VA Boston Healthcare System Harvard Medical School VA Boston Healthcare System Boston University School of Medicine 6

Learning Objectives: 1. Define interprofessional education and competencies. 2. Define, describe, and use the SWOT analysis to develop and implement interprofessional faculty development programing. 3. Understand how one large Academic Medical Center applied the SWOT Analysis to develop two successful, innovative interprofessional faculty development programs. 4. Create an action plan for interprofessional faculty development initiatives at their medical centers. 8

Interprofessional Education Involves educators and learners from 2 or more health professions. jointly create and foster a collaborative learning environment. develop knowledge, skills, and attitudes that result in interprofessional team behaviors and competence. Centre for the Advancement of Interprofessional Education 9

Not simply: Meeting as a team to coordinate and assign duties related to clinical care. Or Students from different health professions receiving the same learning experience. Buring, S. M., Bhushan, A., Broeseker, A., et al. (2009). Interprofessional education: Definitions, student competencies, and guidelines for implementation. Am J Pharm Educ., 73(4). 10

Could result in: 11

Involves: Collaborating, communicating, and problem solving together as a clinical team. Trainees actively learning to collaborate and respect each other. Buring, S. M., Bhushan, A., Broeseker, A., et al. (2009). Interprofessional education: Definitions, student competencies, and guidelines for implementation. Am J Pharm Educ., 73(4). 12

Why is this important? Improves quality of patient care, patient safety, & patient satisfaction. Encourages collaboration & communication among providers. Engenders mutual trust & support among team members. Reduces stress among team members. Modified from: Barr, H., Koppel, K., Reeves, S., Hammick, M. & Freeth, D. (2005) Effective interprofessional education: argument, assumption and evidence. Blackwell: Oxford. 13

1. Values/Ethics for Interprofessional Practice Work with individuals of other professions to maintain a climate of mutual respect and shared values. AAMC adaptation 15

2. Roles/Responsibilities Use the knowledge of one s own role and those of other professions to appropriately assess and address the healthcare needs of the patients and populations served. 16

3. Interprofessional Communication Communicate with patients, families, communities, and other health professionals in a responsive and responsible manner that supports a team approach to the maintenance of health and the treatment of disease. 17

4. Teams and Teamwork Apply relationship-building values and the principles of team dynamics to perform effectively in different team roles to plan and deliver patient-/population-centered care that is safe, timely, efficient, effective, and equitable. 18

Barriers to implementing interprofessional educational activities 1. Lack of resources and institutional support. 2. Scheduling difficulties and differences in training program structure. 3. Lack of funding to support new initiatives and new technology. 4. Learners are integrated after fully trained. Gilbert, J. (2005). Interprofessional education for collaborative, patient-centered practice. Nursing Leadership, 18, 32-38. 19

SWOT Analysis A strategic planning tool typically used in business settings. Identifies organization s Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats. Helps to develop programming reflective of each Medical Center s unique situation./one size does not fit all. 20

OVERVIEW OF SWOT 22

OVERVIEW OF SWOT 24

OVERVIEW OF SWOT 26

OVERVIEW OF SWOT 28

Your turn Write down the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats for your program, department, or institution s interprofessional education efforts. 31

Strategies 32

VA Boston First Friday Faculty Development presentations Used opportunities of new technologies and increased focus on interprofessional care and training to minimize weaknesses of limited faculty time and little training in interprofessional education.

VA Boston First Friday Faculty Development presentations Monthly educational presentation offered to teaching faculty from all health professions. Began with streaming to VA Boston s 3 main campuses. Then throughout VISN 1 (our VA New England network). Now streaming monthly throughout VA nationwide where it is routinely watched by participants all over the US even in Honolulu! Some of our affiliate non-va partners are also participating.

VA Boston First Friday Faculty Development presentations Presenters and attendees from multiple professions. Use of technology to include VA educators nationwide via audio-, video-, and online conferencing. Goal is to web-archive audio recordings for ondemand viewing at a time that is convenient for faculty. Goal is to offer CE for all health professions. 39

VA Boston First Friday Faculty Development presentations Prior Topics: Feedback: It s All About The Learner Trainees, Professionalism, And Misconduct That Thorny Issue All Programs Face Developing Clinical Reasoning And Cognitive Bias Teaching Strategies Using Spaced Learning To Enhance Education Teaching Learners To Integrate Diversity Considerations Into Clinical Care The Hidden Curriculum In Health Professions Education The Cognitive Science Of Teaching And Learning: Improving Education For Healthcare Providers

VA Boston Health Professions Training Program Director Collaborative meetings Strategy to use strengths of energetic faculty and diverse training programs to minimize threats of needing interprofessional collaboration for site visits and limited physical space. 45

VA Boston Health Professions Training Program Director Collaborative meetings Re-imagining an existing administrative education meeting. Meeting previously had been solely focused on administrative issues. Not well attended. Not focused on teaching and learning. 46

VA Boston Health Professions Training Program Director Collaborative meetings New title. New emphasis. New agenda. 47

VA Boston Health Professions Training Program Director Collaborative meetings Format: 10 minutes: administrative issues 15-20 minutes: overview of a profession/training program and highlight of teaching innovations 10-15 minutes: discussion among participants on how programs can interact and collaborate 10-15 minutes: discussion of a teaching technique identified in the literature. 48

VA Boston Health Professions Training Program Director Collaborative meetings Training program presentations: Psychology-Internship Surgery Audiology Internal Medicine Social Work Pharmacy Podiatry Spinal Cord Speech-language Pathology Physician Assistant Psychiatry Psychology-Fellowship Nursing Nurse Practitioner 49

VA Boston Health Professions Training Program Director Collaborative meetings Article discussions: Critical thinking Preparing learners to receive feedback Reducing shame and guilt in trainees Professional identity development Mentoring Active and activity based learning Teaching value-oriented care Evidence-based teaching strategies Teaching skills to manage adverse events Interprofessional conflict 50

Allows training program directors to engage in activities aligned with interprofessional competencies, including: Learning about the roles of other professions. Learning more about the training curricula of other professions. Developing opportunities for learners to have increased interactions and communication. Using a team approach to plan VA Boston educational programming. Journal article discussions identifying educational innovations and how they can be incorporated into training programs. 51

Future directions: Offer Continuing Education credits. Move meeting time, based on preferred time. Offer lunch. Explore collaborative meetings with other academic health centers/rural training programs. Discuss joint programming among trainees, to make optimal use of limited space and faculty time. 52

Your Turn Fill in your strategies for your program, department, or institution s interprofessional education efforts. 53

Create your Action Plan! What you want to do (be as specific as possible): Linkage to SWOT: Ideas to accomplish goal (don t edit, just write, then star your great ideas): Stakeholders (people with whom to meet):

Create your Action Plan What you want to do (be as specific as possible): Linkage to SWOT: Ideas to accomplish goal (don t edit, just write, then star your great ideas): Stakeholders (people with whom to meet): First steps (the things you can do right away): Next steps (mark deadlines on timeline below): Timeline: Today Due date Resources needed:

Review Review of webinar activities Define interprofessional education. Define, develop, and discuss SWOT Analysis and strategies. Define, develop, and discuss Action Plans. 56

Thank you! David.Topor@va.gov Andrew.Budson@va.gov 57

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