CHCS - Perspectives Summer/Fall 2017

4 Nova Southeastern University Interprofessional Education and Practice By Terry Morrow Nelson, Ph.D., Assistant Dean of Student Affairs INTERPROFESSIONAL EDUCATION (IPE) is an essential pedagogical strategy for assisting emerging health care professionals to prepare to practice in a complex and fractured health care environment. IPE involves experiential learning opportunities that engage students with peers from professions different from their own to promote understanding of each other’s scope of practice and how each profession can work together to serve overall patient needs. Research has shown that interprofes- sional teams reduce medical errors, lower costs, and improve the quality of patient care. FEATURE