Interproffesional Education

Interprofessional education has become a major focus throughout healthcare professional education. The IOM has singled out Interprofessional education and practice as a key to patient safety and quality care.

View the case, Missed Opportunities for Interprofessional Practice on you tube by mary val palumbo . In this case, while the Interprofessional team met together to discuss the patient, there were many missed opportunities for Interprofessional collaboration.

Discuss how many of these missed opportunities you can find and suggest how the situation should have been handled better to enhance patient care and safety. Which missed opportunity do you think is the most significant? Why? How would you have approached the opportunity differently? Why?