Interprofessional education-relevant accreditation standards in Canada: a comparative document analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Increasing evidence suggests that sustainable delivery of interprofessional education (IPE) has the potential to lead to interprofessional collaborative practice (IPCP), which in turn has the potential to lead to enhanced healthcare systems and improved patient-centered care health outcomes. To enhance IPE in Canada, the Accreditation of Interprofessional Health Education (AIPHE) project initiated collaborative efforts among accrediting organizations of six health professions to embed IPE language into their respective accreditation standards. To further understand the impact of the AIPHE project, this study evaluated the accountability of the IPE language currently embedded in Canadian health professions' accreditation standards documents and examined whether such langu

SUBMITTER: Azzam M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8120702 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature