Enhancing interprofessional collaboration and interprofessional education in women’s health

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Figure 1. Relationship between interprofessional collaboration and interprofessional education with examples.

Table 1. Opportunities for interprofessional collaboration and education within Obstetrics and Gynecology learning environments.

Clinical learning environment	Interprofessional collaboration (IPC)	Opportunity for interprofessional education (IPE)
Obstetrics – outpatient	Social workers (SW)	Spend ½ day with perinatal SW
	Ultrasound technologists	Spend ½ day with OB US technician
	Genetic counselors	Spend ½ day with GC; create family tree
	Lactation counselors (LC)	Participate in education session with LC
	Nutrition	Sit in on nutrition counseling session
	Pelvic Floor Physical Therapist (PT)	Spend ½ day with Pelvic Floor PT
Obstetrics – inpatient	Certified nurse midwifes (CNM)	Participate in labor of 1+ CNM patients
	Labor and delivery nurses	Shadow L&D nurse for one shift
	Physician assistants	Postpartum round with PA
Gynecology (all)	Pharmacists	Invite pharmacists to round daily
	Interpreter services	Shadow interpreter services for ½ day
Gynecologic Oncology	Physical therapists	Shadow PT on 1+ shared patients
	Occupational therapists (OT)	Shadow OT on 1+ shared patients
	Respiratory therapists (RT)	Shadow RT on 1+ shared patients
	Social workers	Spend ½ day with social worker
	Nutrition	Sit in on nutrition counseling session
	Pastoral care	Attend family meeting; shadow on rounds
	Genetic counselors (GC)	Spend ½ day with GC; create family tree
	Chemotherapy nurses	Shadow chemo nurse for one shift
	Palliative care	Participate in palliative care consult
Urogynecology	Pelvic floor physical therapists	Designated session with pelvic floor PT
	Nurse practitioners (NP)	Designated session with NP
Reproductive Endocrinology	Psychologists	Sit in on infertility-related counseling
	Embryologists	Shadow during infertility care