Terminology
Interprofessional Education |
“When students from two or more professions learn about, from, and with each other to enable effective collaboration and improve health outcomes.” |
WHO* |
Interprofessional Collaborative Practice |
“When multiple health workers from different professional backgrounds work together with patients, families, carers’, and communities to deliver the highest quality of care.” |
WHO* |
Interprofessional Teamwork |
“The levels of cooperation, coordination, and collaboration characterizing the relationships between professions in delivering patient-centered care.” |
IPEC* |
Interprofessional Team-Based Care |
“Care delivered by intentionally created, usually relatively small work groups in health care who are recognized by others as well as by themselves as having a collective identity and shared responsibility for a patient or group of patients (e.g., rapid response team, palliative care team, primary care team, and operating room team).” |
IPEC* |