IPR.Global Members Provide Online Workshop on Mixed-Methods Research Design and Collaborative IPECP Scholarship

The Network: Towards Unity for Health Online Community (TUFH) Workshop 

Using Mixed-Methods Research Methodology to Design and Evaluate Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice (IPECP) Initiatives

Date: December 8, 2022 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM UTC

Venue: Zoom - Free of Charge

Registration Link: https://tufh.org/events/99452/registration 

Description:

Despite improvements in the quantity and quality of evaluative research on interprofessional education, and collaborative practice and care (IPECP), there is still much to be achieved. The research agenda for IPECP should elevate the process of enquiry by focusing on examining and determining the impact of IPECP on service users. The rigorous assessment and evaluation of IPECP initiatives are essential to advancing the discipline. Mixed-methods research can assist IPECP researchers/scholars in producing comprehensive quantitative and qualitative evidence that uncovers multiple perspectives of both paradigms to determine the impact of IPECP on safe high-quality care; understanding the complexity of health care costs; determining ‘collaborative practice-readiness of health and social care professionals; and ultimately improving population and public health. Intended Outcomes: This workshop aims to connect current investigators who wish to understand IPECP and generate new knowledge in this area, using a mixed methodological approach. Participants will be introduced to the principles and key decisions necessary for rigorous mixed-methods research, and how it can be applied by practitioners, educators and health administrators to evaluate IPECP.

Presenters:

Hossein Khalili, RN, BScN, MScN, PhD, FNAP, Director, UW Centre of Interprofessional Practice & Education, University of Wisconsin; President, InterprofessionalResearch.Global

Barbara Maxwell, PT, Ph.D., DPT, MSc, Cert THE, FNAP, Associate Dean & Director INdiana University Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education Professor of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, School of Medicine, Indiana University

Dean Lising, BSc, BScPT, MHSc, Team-Based Practice and Education Lead, Director, BOOST! Program, Centre for Interprofessional Education, Lecturer, Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto

Andrea Pfeifle, EdD PT FNAP, Associate Vice Chancellor for Interprofessional Practice and Education, The Ohio State University

Veronica O'Carroll, RN, BA(Hons), MSc, PhD.  Director of Postgraduate Teaching, School of Medicine, University of St Andrews, Scotland UK

Zaid Al-Hamdan RN, PhD, Professor, Faculty of Nursing, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan

Outcomes for Participants:

At the end of  the Workshop participants will be able to:

• Understand the value and impact of mixed methods approaches to IPECP assessment, evaluation, and research.
• Contrast principles and decision-making processes in rigorous mixed-methods IPECP research.
• Apply learnings to participant’s context of practice, education, and research agenda using group knowledge co-creation and integration.

Agenda:

1. Round table introductions and sharing experience and one personal goal of the workshop
2. Quick review of research in IPECP
3. Overview of commonly used mixed-method research methodology (and their common designs) in IPECP
4. Small Group Activity - Research knowledge integration: applying mixed-method research methodology in real case scenarios
5. Report out and next steps
6. Wrap Up

We recommend you to read the following article prior to the event: 

Khalili H, Breitbach A, Jensen G, King S, Maxwell B, Nickol D, et al. Global leadership in IPECP research; an intro to co-creation of best practice guidelines. Journal of Interprofessional Education & Practice. 2021;24:100445. 

IPR.Global Members Publish Editorial Advocating for a Systems Approach to Advancing Health Care Resilience

 Guest Editorial - Journal of Interprofessional Care

Advancing health care resilience through a systems-based collaborative approach: Lessons learned from COVID-19

Hossein Khalili, Dean Lising, Giray Kolcu, Jill Thistlethwaite, John Gilbert, Sylvia Langlois, Barbara Maxwell, Mukadder İnci Başer Kolcu, Kathleen M. MacMillan, Carl Schneider, José Rodrigues Freire Filho, Ghaidaa Najjar, Zaid Al-Hamdan & Andrea Pfeifle 

The COVID-19 pandemic has reminded everyone of the importance of long-term planning and preparedness. Effective pandemic preparedness requires the engagement of all stakeholders from across the spectrum of care while being aware of the strengths, susceptibilities, and capabilities of the health care system. Identifying gaps in preparedness, determining specific priorities, and developing plans for building and sustaining healthcare delivery while effectively addressing the pandemic and resilience at all levels from the individual, to team, organization, and system is crucial for success. There is an emergent need to build structures and processes that support resilience among current and future healthcare providers, teams, organizations, and systems. We believe that to prevent from and effectively address such crises in future, a systems-based collaborative approach to developing resilience is required. In response, InterprofessionalResearch.Global (IPR.Global) has recently published a Call to Action paper that provides key direction regarding interprofessional responses to address individual resilience, and support the resilience of healthcare teams, organizations, and systems.

Link to full text of article: 

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13561820.2021.1981265

Link to IPR.Global "Call to Action": 

https://interprofessionalresearch.global/resilience-call-to-action/

New Article - Global leadership in IPECP research; an intro to co-creation of best practice guidelines - Journal of Interprofessional Education and Practice

This article is based on a workshop presented by IPR.Global and two of its partners, the Canadian Interprofessional Health Collaborative (CIHC) and the American Interprofessional Health Collaborative (AIHC) at the Collaborating Across Borders VII (CAB VII) conference in Indiana, USA in October 2019 with a goal of promoting and advancing theory-driven, methodologically rigorous IPECP research.  

Facilitators of the workshop also served as co-authors of the paper: Dr. Hossein Khalili, Dr. Anthony Breitbach, Dr. Gail Jensen, Dr. Sharla King, Dr. Barbara Maxwell, Dr. Devin Nickol, Dr. Andrea Pfeifle and Dr. John Gilbert.

ABSTRACT:

The importance of integrating interprofessional collaboration in both healthcare education and delivery is well documented. Interprofessional education and collaborative practice (IPECP) has been identified as a potential route to achieve the ‘quadruple aim’ through enhancing collaboration and teamwork among professionals, patients and families. Over the last decade, the number of articles addressing IPECP within the literature has grown significantly, as has the global IPECP representation. While the quality of IPECP evaluative research studies has improved over the years, there is still much to be achieved. According to the InterprofessionalResearch.Global (IPR.Global) Discussion Paper, “the research agenda for IPECP should elevate the process of enquiry by shifting focus from that of program- or project-specific level interrogation to determining the impact of IPECP.”

The rigorous design, assessment and evaluation of IPECP initiatives are essential in advancing knowledge in the fields of IPECP. In addition, addressing relevant and clearly articulated research questions, that are underpinned by sound theoretical frameworks and models, employing appropriate and well-designed methodologies, and following sound and rigorous data collection and analysis approaches targeted to identifying the contribution of IPECP to achieving the quadruple aim, WHO’s triple billion targets, Universal Health Coverage and reaching the Sustainable Development Goals are critical.

To further this agenda, this paper presents some examples of applied IPECP theoretical frameworks and research methodologies and discusses their potential contributions to achieving identified global research priorities.

Access the paper via this link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xjep.2021.100445

IPR.G Partnership Development Working Group Seeking Two New Members

The IPR Global (IPR.G) Partnership Development Working Group is seeking two new members for this collaborative Working Group preferably from either Australasia, Europe, or Canada to broaden the representation and perspectives brought to the work of this group. This group currently consists of 3 members, two from the United States and one from Jordan. 

The purpose of the IPR.G Partnership Development Working Group is to broadly communicate the ongoing work of a global interprofessional research community where individuals partner and collaborate to discuss, investigate, and disseminate global interprofessional research. Currently, this group has been focusing their efforts on three strategic goals, which include 1) communication, 2) collaboration (connectivity), and 3) partnerships and sponsorships. 

This group also interfaces with and coordinates with a Communication Task Force to implement agreed-upon strategies through the technical expertise of IPR.G members. This Working Group meets monthly for one hour and seeks volunteers interested in serving for a two-year term. 

If you are interested in this volunteer opportunity or learning more about this collaborative Working Group, please feel free to e-mail either Jody Frost or Andrea Pfeifle who co-share leadership of this group.

Jody Frost email: jodygandy@comcast.net

Andrea Pfeifle email: Andrea.Pfeifle@osumc.edu

Interprofessional education and collaborative practice research during the COVID-19 pandemic: Considerations to advance the field - a Journal of Interprofessional Care guest editorial by IPR.Global taskforce

Amid a global pandemic, learners, educators, administrators, researchers, practitioners, and service users find themselves in exceptional, unparalleled, and unusual circumstances. The interprofessional education and collaborative practice (IPECP) research community has been affected in a multitude of ways and vast changes are being experienced leaving one to wonder whether we are alone in a field that espouses unity and if there is guidance available. In late 2019, InterprofessionalResearch.Global (IPR.Global) and Interprofessional.Global (IP.Global) authored a discussion paper to rouse dialogue and offer perspectives for the global IPECP research agenda (Khalili et al., 2019). The long-term aim was to advance IPECP theory and research by 2022, through recommendations for research priorities and counsel on theoretical frameworks, research methodologies, and formation of research teams. The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a rapid transformation to online IPECP, necessitating evaluation of the impact on students, programs, service users, and the healthcare system. Understandably, many are now asking how to continue to move forward, or even restart, IPECP research in this “new normal”. In response, IPR.Global formed a COVID-19 taskforce, from which an editorial was developed, to shed light on IPR.Global’s proposed recommendations for research teams and offer ways to forge ahead. 

Access the article at the journal webpage: 

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13561820.2020.1807481

For more information contact Dr. Kelly Lackie, Dalhousie University: klackie@dal.ca

AIHC Names 2020-2021 Leadership Team

The American Interprofessional Health Collaborative (AIHC) has identified its leadership team for the 2020-2021 academic year. 

AIHC Executive Committee

The Executive Committee monitors progress of AIHC strategic initiatives, oversees implementation of established policies, sets board agenda, liaison with National Center senior leadership.

Andrea Pfeifle - Chair, The Ohio State University

Gail Jensen - Past-Chair, Creighton University

Jim Ballard - Chair-Elect, University of Kentucky

Anthony Breitbach - Secretary-Historian, Saint Louis University

Christine Arenson - Ex-Officio

National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education

Barbara Brandt - Ex-Officio

National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education

AIHC Advisory Board

The AIHC Advisory Board serves at the “keeper of the field”; advises National Center director, directs work of committees in alignment with National Center priorities; exploration of strategic alignments.

Gail Jensen (Creighton University)

Andrea Pfeifle (The Ohio State University)

James Ballard (University of Kentucky)

Anthony Breitbach (Saint Louis University)

Amy Blue (University of Florida)

Joy Doll (Nebraska Health Information Initiative)

Heather Hageman (Washington University Medical Campus)

Kelly Lockeman (Virginia Commonwealth University)

Barbara Maxwell (A.T. Still University)

Jean Nagelkerk (Grand Valley State University)

Devin Nickol (University of Nebraska Medical Center)

Loretta Nunez (American Speech Language Hearing Association)

Elena Umland (Thomas Jefferson University)

Christine Arenson (National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education, ex-officio)

Barbara Brandt (National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education, ex-officio)

AIHC Committees

Program Committee 

The AIHC Program Committee focuses on generating new content based on identified gaps, resource curation to develop curated resources in the Resource Center and leverage existing resources as packaged content

Co-Chairs: Joy Doll and TBA

Interprofessional Scholarship Committee

The Interprofessional Scholarship Committee is a community of practice to support generation of scholarship along the continuum;  facilitate specific scholarly activities.

Co-Chairs: Mary Mauldin and Diane Bridges

Membership Committee 

The Membership Committee engages in strategic recruitment of new members with commitment toward diversity of the field, practice partners and students; selection of committee members, benefit articulation (current/future); and member levels.

Co-Chairs: Jim Ballard and Erin Breitenbach

Communication Committee

The Communication Committee is responsible for generation of member communications in coordination with content generation from committees.

Co-Chairs: Martha Sexton and Craig Slater

More information available on the AIHC website: https://aihc-us.org/

Dr. Andrea Pfeifle Named Associate Vice Chancellor for Interprofessional Practice and Education at The Ohio State University

 

Andrea Pfeifle, EdD, PT, FNAP, joined Ohio State's seven health sciences colleges and the Wexner Medical Center to become its first Associate Vice Chancellor for Interprofessional Practice and Education, effective July 1. 

Dr. Pfeifle will lead strategic priorities across the university, to include: 

• establishing an office to support interprofessional practice and education
• facilitating exemplary interprofessional practice and learning environments
• testing new models of team care to prepare students to work together to advance health and well-being. 

This newly created position marks Ohio State's substantial commitment to advancing collaborative health and social sciences education and training and contributing to the global interprofessional practice and education community.

Dr. Pfeifle can be contacted via email: Andrea.Pfeifle@osumc.edu