Educating health professionals collaboratively for team-based primary care.
Team-based primary care offers the potential to dramatically improve the quality and efficiency of care, but its broader adoption is hindered by an education system that trains health professions in silos. Collaborative models that educate multiple practitioners together are needed to create a new generation of health professionals able to work in efficiently functioning teams. Changes in professional cultures, organizational structures, clinical partnerships, admissions, accreditation, and funding models will be required to support the expansion of collaborative education effectively.
Schuetz
Brian
B
New England Healthcare Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. bschuetz@nehi.net
Mann
Erin
E
Everett
Wendy
W
D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D019033:Delivery of Health Care, Integrated / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D008503:Medical Staff / Q000193:education*; D017146:Models, Organizational; D015279:Organizational Culture; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States