Digital Badge 1: Interprofessional Collaborative Practice - Foundations

Learning Objectives

  • Communicate with team members from diverse professions about health and health care issues for individuals and populations using understandable and respectful terminology and effective communication tools and techniques. (VE1, RR6, CC1, CC2, CC4, CC6, TT11)
  • Collaborate with other professionals and use collective expertise and existing evidence to develop strategies to optimize health care that is culturally relevant and contextually appropriate. (VE3, VE4, RR3, RR9, TT3, TT4, TT10, TT11)
  • Discuss the roles, strengths, and limitations of diverse professionals and how they can work collaboratively to ensure optimal health outcomes and effective team performance. (VE5, RR1, RR2, RR3, RR4, RR10, TT8, TT11)
  • Recognize how one’s own uniqueness (experience level, expertise, culture, power, and hierarchy within the health team) contributes to effective communication, conflict resolution, and positive interprofessional working relationships. (CC7)
  • Describe the process of team development, the roles and practices of effective teams, and the importance of teamwork in healthcare provision. (CC8, TT1)
  • Identify strategies to constructively manage disagreements and ethical dilemmas among health and other professionals and with individuals, families, and community members. (VE8, TT6)

(IPEC Core Competencies for Interprofessional Collaborative Practice are shown in parenthesis and can be found here )

Learning Activity 1: Foundations of Interprofessional Collaborative Practice Online Learning Modules

Requirements

  • Complete the Foundations of Interprofessional Collaborative Practice online course.
  • Complete the learning activities for the six modules (Interprofessional Collaborative practice: Why is it Important?; Cultural Engagement; Values and Ethics; Roles and Responsibilities; Interprofessional Communication; Teams and Teamwork)
  • Pass the multiple-choice quiz for each of the six modules with ≥80%.
  • Complete the module evaluation for each of the six modules.

Evidence

Foundations of Interprofessional Collaborative Practice: Certificate of Completion

Learning Activity 2: Interprofessional Fall Forum- Confronting Opioid Use Disorder: An Interprofessional Strategy

Requirements

  • Complete the Pre-IP Forum learning activities.
  • Attend the IP Forums and make meaningful contributions to the small group discussions.
  • Complete Pre- and Post-IP Forum assessments.

Evidence

Fall Interprofessional Forum Interprofessional Plan of Care

Learning Activity 3: Interprofessional Spring Forum- Meet Fred Santiago

Requirements

  • Complete the Pre-IP Forum learning activities.
  • Attend the IP Forums and make meaningful contributions to the small group discussions.
  • Complete Pre- and Post-IP Forum assessments.

Evidence

Spring Interprofessional Forum Interprofessional Plan of Care