Shelley Cohen Konrad, Ph.D., LCSW, FNAP, director of the Center for Excellence in Collaborative Education at UNE, is a co-author on a discussion paper about the increasing importance of interprofessional education (IPE) in the health professions amid today’s ongoing health crises.
The paper, “Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice (IPECP) in Post-COVID Healthcare Education and Practice Transformation Era,” was published by the Global Network for Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice Research (IPR.Global), in collaboration with the American Interprofessional Health Collaborative (AIHC) and the Canadian Interprofessional Health Collaborative (CIHC).
The publication is a call to action for educators, practitioners, community leaders, scholars, and policy makers to implement critical strategies such as adaptability, forward thinking, sustainability, inclusivity, and institution-wide support to promote resilience to achieve what the authors call the “Quintuple Aim” — better health, better care, better value, better work experience, and better health equity.