Interprofessional Education in the Internal Medicine Clerkship Post-LCME Standard Issuance: Results of a National Survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Several decades of work have detailed the value and goals of interprofessional education (IPE) within the health professions, defining IPE competencies and best practices. In 2013, the Liaison Committee for Medical Education (LCME) elevated IPE to a U.S. medical school accreditation standard.

Objective

To examine the status of IPE within internal medicine (IM) clerkships including perspectives, curricular content, barriers, and assessment a year after the LCME standard issuance.

Design

Anonymous online survey.

Participants

IM clerkship directors from each of the Clerkship Directors in Internal Medicine's 121 U.S. and Canadian member medical schools in 2014.

Methods

In 2014, a section on IPE (18 items) was included in the Clerkship Directors in

SUBMITTER: Alexandraki I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5515782 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature