An Interprofessional Curriculum to Advance Relational Coordination and Professionalism in Early-Career Practitioners.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

We created a curriculum to help new physicians and nurses develop skills in interprofessional collaboration. This modular, team-based curriculum for early practitioners delivered training in the five following skill areas: listening for meaning, soliciting another's perspective, negotiating a transparent plan of care, attending to nonverbal communication and microaggression, and speaking up the hierarchy.

Methods

We brought first-year medical and surgical residents and new nurses together for a 2-hour session monthly for 5 months. Each session began with an interactive large-group presentation, followed by small-group activities covering one of the five skill areas above, which had been identified as critical to interprofessional collaboration by national organi

SUBMITTER: Valenziano KB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6342369 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature