IPE Strategic Plan 2018-2023

A trainee presents her research to an interprofessional group of students.

Interprofessional Practice and Education (IPE) at UT Southwestern functions as a centralized bridge fornm the schools (medical, health professions, graduate) to integrate and coordinate interprofessiona education and collaborative practice. The office for IPE coordinates activities such as Convergence, as well as enhancing specific IPE missions within each professional academic program (medical, physician assistant, physical therapy, etc.). The Director for IPE will bring together key stakeholders from across the campus (clinical, hospital, health system) in interprofessional practice and education to implement education, practice and innovation in a centralized manner in alignment with the institutional mission and goals.

Vision

UT Southwestern will be a leading innovator for interprofessional collaborative practice.

Mission

Improve health care by advancing interprofessional collaborative practice through innovation and education.

Strategic Directions

The four main strategic directions for Interprofessional Practice and Education (IPE) at UT Southwestern include:

1. Promote the advancement of interprofesssional education and collaborative practice
2. Provide interprofessional faculty and staff development including preceptor training and continuing education to preceptors who supervise UT Southwestern students
3. Bridge the integration of collaborative practice models and education
4. Foster innovation in the area of interprofessional collaborative practice and education

Background

Interprofessional students (medical, nursing, pharmacy, physical therapy, nutrition, physician assistant, prosthetics-orthotics, rehabilitation counseling, radiation therapy) participate in an innovative interprofessional teamwork activity, a “Riddle Room”, on Diabetes during Convergence Day 2018.

Efforts in interprofessional education have grown at UT Southwestern Medical Center over the past nine years. This growth requires centralized and coordinated interprofessional education activities within UT Southwestern, and in collaboration with other academic institutions. Interprofessional Practice and Education (IPE) functions as a centralized bridge for the schools (medical,
health professions, graduate) at UT Southwestern to integrate and coordinate interprofessional education and collaborative practice.

IPE coordinates activities such as Convergence, the program established to provide foundations in interprofessional education, as well as enhances specific IPE missions within each professional academic program (medical, physician assistant, physical therapy, etc.). IPE also brings together key stakeholders across the campus (clinical, hospital, health system) in interprofessional practice and education to implement education, practice and innovation in centralized manner in alignment with the institutional mission and goals.

The Quality, Safety and Outcomes Education Office (QSOEO) now houses a central, dedicated office for Interprofessional Practice and Education (IPE) that will efficiently support IPE developments at an institutional level to meet future requirements. In 2018, Kim Hoggatt Krumwiede, Ph.D., was appointed Director of Interprofessional Practice and Education for UT Southwestern Medical Center.

Strategic Planning Process

In 2017, Dr. Hoggatt Krumwiede, Interim Director for IPE, and organized an interprofessional steering committee with members from the academic, clinical, and system arenas at UT Southwestern and launched a strategic planning process. The committee met monthly over the course of a year in to order analyze the state of interprofessional practice and education at UT Southwestern and establish the direction and goals for the IPE for the next five years.

Goals, and Action Items

The interprofessional steering committee identified four main strategic directions for Interprofessional Practice and Education (IPE) at UT Southwestern:

1. Promote the advancement of interprofesssional education and collaborative practice
2. Provide interprofessional faculty and staff development including preceptor training and continuing education to preceptors who supervise UT Southwestern students
3. Bridge the integration of collaborative practice models and education
4. Foster innovation in the area of interprofessional collaborative practice and education

• Strategic Direction 1 – Promote the advancement of interprofessional education and collaborative practice

  Promote the advancement of interprofessional education and collaborative practice

  Goals

  1. Establish organizational supporting bodies
  2. Provide structure/resources within the institution
  3. Align educational objectives within varied accrediting bodies to avoid effort duplication
  4. Explore possibilities for formal/curricular & informal/extracurricular interaction/education
  5. Benchmark other IPE programs

  Timeline, Goals and Action Items for Strategic Direction 1

  Goal	Action Items
  Year 1
  Establish organizational supporting bodies	Establish Advisory Board that meets quarterly Establish subcommittees (Education, Practice, Integration, Research) that meet monthly Schedule monthly meeting for IPE Coordinating Council
  Provide structure/resources within the institution	Establish funding source through OQSOE Establish infrastructure within OQSOE
  Align educational objectives within varied accrediting bodies to avoid effort duplication	Contact educational programs for educational objectives relating to IPE Reconciled any duplication between academic programs
  Explore possibilities for formal/curricular & informal/extracurricular interaction/education	Contact and work with existing IPE intersections in education and student organizations for existing and potential interprofessional activities
  Benchmark other IPE programs	Review IPE strategic plans from other institutions
  1-3 years
  Centralize support for interprofessional activities and research	Brand office and send out communications and resources to stakeholders Build out website for centralized IPE
  >3 Years - long term
  Become a leader in IPE	Provide centralized and coordinated support for presentations, publications, and research

• Strategic Direction 2 – Provide Interprofessional faculty and staff development including preceptor training and continuing education

  Provide Interprofessional faculty and staff development including preceptor training and continuing education

  Goals

  1. Continue to produce and support existing faculty development for trainees and faculty
  2. Produce and support new faculty development for trainees, faculty
  3. Align educational objectives within varied accrediting bodies to avoid effort duplication

  Timeline, Goals and Action Items for Strategic Direction 2

  Goal	Action Items
  Year 1
  Continue to produce and support existing faculty development for trainees and faculty	Produce Convergence facilitator development Support IDEAL Interprofessional Symposium for Collaborative Practice Support SCAETC faculty development symposium on HIV/AIDS IPE clerkship
  1-3 years
  Produce and support new faculty development for trainees, faculty, and staff	Produce module on IPE facilitation for clinical preceptors Produce online module for hospital staff on IPE Support QEP (TeamFIRST) faculty development
  Align educational objectives within varied accrediting bodies to avoid effort duplication	Utilize TracDat system to identify IPE activities and align with academic programs for accreditation requirements
  >3 Years - long term
  Produce and support new faculty development for trainees, faculty, and staff	Produce simulation training for preceptors on facilitating interprofessional groups of trainees in clinical settings Support QEP faculty development (TeamFIRST) plans and incremental changes

• Strategic Direction 3 – Bridge the integration of collaborative practice models and education

  Bridge the integration of collaborative practice models and education

  Goals

  1. Establish collaborative work with hospital and clinic partners
  2. Consider new models that build on strengths
  3. Set Standards for IPE at UTSW
  4. Identify and stratify areas of collaborative practice on campus according to set standards
  5. Integrate practice models and education
  6. Increase IPE integration on clinical rotations
  7. Increase collaborative practice on campus

  Timeline, Goals and Action Items for Strategic Direction 3

  Goal	Action Items
  Year 1
  Establish collaborative work with hospital and clinic partners	Identify key individuals from hospital and clinics to form collaborative workgroup Workgroup meets monthly
  Consider new models that build on strengths	Identify key strengths of UTSW Identify models of collaborative practice
  1-3 years
  Set Standards for IPE at UTSW	Identify and define standards for IPE education and practice/application at UTSW
  Identify and stratify areas of collaborative practice on campus according to set standards	Review existing hospital units and clinical settings for good examples of collaborative practice that match set standards List of hospital units and clinical settings that function as models of collaborative practice at UTSW
  >3 Years - long term
  Integrate practice models and education	Coordinate interprofessional educational competencies and objectives to match collaborative practice expectations Map competencies and proficiencies used in collaborative practice settings, in order to inform trainee preparedness in educational didactic and clinical environments
  Increase IPE integration on clinical rotations	Identify clinical clerkships/rotations that would benefit from IPE integration
  Increase collaborative practice on campus	Offer consultation, resources, and support to units and clinics that could benefit from implementing a collaborative Develop simulations for training interprofessional teams on collaborative practice competencies

• Strategic Direction 4 – Foster innovation in the area of interprofessional collaborative practice and education

  Foster innovation in the area of interprofessional collaborative practice and education

  Goals

  1. Support faculty and students with innovative ideas for IPE
  2. Research collaborative practice models on and off campus
  3. Develop research opportunities
  4. Develop innovative IPE/P techniques
  5. Improve patient outcomes (care, satisfaction, value)
  6. Improve operational efficiencies and cost and reduce provider burnout

  Timeline, Goals and Action Items for Strategic Direction 4

  Goal	Action Items
  Year 1
  Support faculty and students with innovative ideas for IPE	Work with students to create new Convergence activities
  Research collaborative practice models on and off campus	Review the literature and observe existing models on campus for innovation in collaborative practice
  1-3 years
  Develop research opportunities	Identify current state of operational efficiencies, cost, and provider burnout Submit research proposals
  >3 Years - long term
  Develop innovative IPE/P techniques	Identify innovative techniques and methods to teach or train the techniques to individuals or teams Develop training modules and simulations teaching new IPE/P techniques Develop innovative collaborative care models to enhance provider wellness
  Improve patient outcomes (care, satisfaction, value)	Identify key data sets for patient outcomes linked to collaborative practice, request permission to have access to data, and conduct data analysis Design and implement research with a focus on possible links to collaborative practice and patient outcomes
  Improve operational efficiencies and cost and reduce provider burnout	Identify key data sets for operational efficiencies, cost, and provider burnout linked to collaborative practice, request permission to have access to data, and conduct data analysis Design and implement QA&I research projects including collaborative practice

Accountability Measures and Metrics

These tables match short- and long-term priorities for each of the four the strategic directions with measurable outcomes.

Strategic Direction 1 – Promote the advancement of interprofessional education and collaborative practice

Strategic Direction 2 – Provide Interprofessional faculty and staff development including preceptor training and continuing education

Strategic Direction 3 – Bridge the integration of collaborative practice models and education

Strategic Direction 4 – Foster innovation in the area of interprofessional collaborative practice and education

Conclusion

An interprofessional team of students buzzes in at the Knowledge Bowl on Convergence Day focused on Marfan syndrome.

With a new centralized role, Interprofessional Practice and Education (IPE) is in a unique position integrate and coordinate interprofessional education and collaborative practice at UT Southwestern Medical Center. IPE will together key stakeholders across the campus (clinical, hospital, health system) in interprofessional practice and education to implement education, practice and innovation in centralized manner in alignment with the institutional mission and goals. The four strategic directions created through the strategic planning process and described in this report will provide a clear framework for the activities and priorities of IPE for the next five years.

As outlined in these strategic directions, IPE is committed to:

• Promote the advancement of interprofessional education and collaborative practice
• Provide interprofessional faculty and staff development including preceptor training and continuing education to preceptors who supervise UT Southwestern students
• Bridge the integration of collaborative practice models and education
• Foster innovation in the area of interprofessional collaborative practice and education

This strategic plan for 2018-2023 will provide a strategic framework for Interprofessional Practice and Education for UT Southwestern to achieve its mission to prepare health professionals of the highest quality to meet the needs of the health care system in Texas through interdisciplinary education and promotion of comprehensive health care.