[EQ] Framework for action on interprofessional education and collaborative practice

Framework for Action on Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice

Health Professions Networks - Nursing & Midwifery - Human Resources for Health

World Health Organization, 2010

Available online: http://www.who.int/hrh/resources/framework_action/en/index.html
           

PDF [62p.]at: http://whqlibdoc.who.int/hq/2010/WHO_HRH_HPN_10.3_eng.pdf

"…At a time when the world is facing a shortage of health workers, policymakers are looking for innovative strategies that can help them develop policy and programmes to bolster the global health workforce.

 

The Framework highlights the current status of interprofessional collaboration around the world, identifies the mechanisms that shape successful collaborative teamwork and outlines a series of action items that policymakers can apply within their local health system.

 

The goal of the Framework is to provide strategies and ideas that will help health policymakers implement the elements of interprofessional education and collaborative practice that will be most beneficial in their own jurisdiction….”

 

Contents

Key messages

Executive summary

The case for interprofessional education and collaborative practice for global health

Moving forward with integrated health and education policies

A call to action

Learning together to work together for better health

The need for interprofessional collaboration

Interprofessional education and collaborative practice for improved health outcomes

The role of health and education systems

A culture shift in health-care delivery

Moving forward

Interprofessional education: achieving a collaborative practice-ready health workforce

Collaborative practice: achieving optimal health-services

Health and education systems: achieving improved health outcomes

Conclusion

Contextualize

Commit

Champion

References

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