title: Creating an IPE infusion plan: from foundation to implementation.
abstract: Today's health care system has embraced the model of collaborative interprofessional efforts among health care professionals to achieve desired patient health outcomes. The Academy can offer the foundational experiences needed to support and develop interprofessional patient-centered plans of care for health professional students. This paper explores one institution's approach to the creation of an infusion plan which the authors have termed a "structured immersion approach" (SIA) to interprofessional education (IPE). The SIA supports "Core Signature IPE" experiences within existing silo-based curriculums that allow for interprofessional education experiences and the appreciation of the importance of interprofessional practice in today's health care.
authors.affiliation: Seton Hall University, School of Health and Medical Sciences, 400 South Orange Ave., South Orange, NJ 07079, USA. Tel 973 275 2800, fax 973 275 2171. Genevieve.zipp@shu.edu.
authors.forename: Genevieve
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pinto Zipp
authors.forename: Catherine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Maher
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: LaFountaine
authors.forename: Denise
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rizzolo
authors.forename: Vikram
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Dayalu
authors.forename: Carolyn
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Goeckel
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Torcivia
authors.forename: H James
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Phillips
mesh_terms: D000488:Allied Health Personnel / Q000193:education* / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D058025:Interdisciplinary Studies / Q000592:standards*; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D017145:Models, Educational; D017146:Models, Organizational; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D018794:Problem-Based Learning / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration*