Early outcomes from a national Train-the-Trainer Interprofessional Team Development Program

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ABSTRACT

The imperative need to train health professions faculty (educators and clinicians) to lead interprofessional education efforts and promote interprofessional team-based care is widely recognized. This need stems from a growing body of research that suggests collaboration improves patient safety and health outcomes. This short report provides an overview of a Train-the-Trainer Interprofessional Team Development Program (T3 Program) that equips faculty leaders with the skills to lead interprofessional education and interprofessional collaborative practice across the learning continuum. We also describe the history, approach, and early outcomes of this innovative program.

KEYWORDS:

• Interprofessional learning
• collaborative practice
• faculty development
• team-based training
• professional development

Acknowledgments

The authors would like to acknowledge the invaluable partnerships and collaborations out of which this work emerges: the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation, the National Center for Interprofessional Education (NCIPE), the T3 Program National Advisory Committee, and T3 Program invited speakers and/or content contributors from each three sites (Austin Shipman, Beth Quatrara, Brian Ross, Carrie Nicholson, Crockett Stanley, Genevieve Beaird, Janice Sabin, Jennifer Danielson, Jennifer Sprecher, Joe Donaldson, John Dent, John Thomas, Karen Cox, Kelly Butler, Kimberly Hoffman, Kristen Bailey, Kurt O’Brien, Linda Headrick, Lisa Rovse, Maureen Metzger, Mayumi Willgerodt, Meg Norling, Melissa Griggs, Phil Shearrer, Rex Johnson, Ryne Ackard, Sara Kim, Sarah Shrader, Tim Short, Wendy Madigosky, and Yanling Yu).

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Funding

This program was established with support from a generous grant from the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation. This publication was supported by the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number UL1 TR002319. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.