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Strengthening the Connection between Health Professions Education and Practice: A Joint Workshop

Completed

A planning committee will plan and conduct a 1.5-day public workshop to explore methods and methodology for bridging health professions education and practice in ways that improve information flow between learning and application. The workshop will look at various models of training by bringing together multiple health professions across the education-to-practice continuum.

Description

A planning committee will plan and conduct a 1.5-day public workshop to explore methods and methodology for bridging health professions education and practice in ways that improve information flow between learning and application. The workshop will look at various models of training by bringing together multiple health professions across the education-to-practice continuum. Invited presentations and discussions will engage a global audience in topics such as:

  • Analyzing the implications of a rapidly changing health system on the education, training, and re-training of health professionals
  • Examining emerging research on learning and application of health professions’ education
  • Designing education to reflect a future health system within a global and interconnected society
  • Considering external factors--like financing, availability of preceptors, faculty reward and development, and community engagement--that form the supportive elements to better integrating key aspects of education and practice
  • Utilizing continuing professional development and workplace learning for evaluating the effectiveness of information flow between education and practice
  • Increasing access to experiential opportunities, while analyzing how trainees might provide increased value in practice that is in line with the trend toward value-based payments

The committee will develop a workshop agenda, select and invite speakers and discussants, and moderate the discussions. Following the workshop, a Proceedings of the presentations and discussions at the workshop will be prepared by a designated rapporteur in accordance with institutional guidelines.

This workshop is joint with the National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education whose aim is to connect and integrate education and care together.

Collaborators

Sponsors

Academic Collaborative for Integrative Health

Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics

Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education

Aetna Foundation

American Academy of Nursing

American Association of Colleges of Nursing

American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine

American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy

American Board of Family Medicine

American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology

American College of Nurse-Midwives

American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists

American Council of Academic Physical Therapy

American Dental Education Association

American Medical Association

American Nurses Credentialing Center

American Occupational Therapy Association

American Osteopathic Association

American Physical Therapy Association

American Psychological Association

American Society for Nutrition

American Speech-Language Hearing Association

Association of American Medical Colleges

Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges

Association of Schools and Colleges of Optometry

Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health (ASPPH)

Association of Schools of the Allied Health Professions

Athletic Training Strategic Alliance

Council on Social Work Education

Ghent University

Health Resources and Services Administration

Jonas Nursing and Veterans Healthcare

Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation

Michigan Center for Interprofessional Education

National Academies of Practice

National Association of Social Workers

National Board for Certified Counselors and Affiliates, Inc.

National Board of Medical Examiners

National Council of State Boards of Nursing

National League for Nursing

National Organization for Associate Degree Nursing

Physician Assistant Education Association

Society for Simulation in Healthcare

THEnet – Training for Health Equity Network

Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

University of Toronto

Veterans Health Administration

Weill Cornell Medicine – Qatar

Staff

Patricia Cuff

Lead

Katherine Perez

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