Creating Collaborative
Care (C3)
Amy V. Blue, PhD
Assistant Provost for Education
Director, C3
Professor, Family Medicine
What is Creating Collaborative
Care (C3)?
“Enhances MUSC graduates’ abilities to
participate as effective team members in
interprofessional collaborative health
care delivery or research.”
IPE is NOT…
Students from different health professions in the
same classroom without reflective interaction.
Pharmacy student
Nursing student
Medical student
Physical Therapy student
IPE is NOT
A faculty member from a different profession
leading a classroom learning.
Pharmacy professor
Medical students
IPE is NOT
Participating in a patient care setting led by an
individual from another profession without sharing
of decision-making or responsibility for patient
care.
Medicine professor
Patient
Pharmacy student
Medical student
What is IPE?
Interprofessional Education:
Occasions when two or more professions
learn about, from, and with each other to
enable effective collaboration and
improve health outcomes.”
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(WHO 2010)
National IP Competencies
Core Competencies for
Interprofessional Collaborative
Practice
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Values/Ethics for Interprofessional Practice
Roles/Responsibilities
Interprofessional Communication
Teams and Teamwork
How Can You Be Involved
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IP 710 Transforming Health Care for the
Future Course
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Small group facilitator; spring/fall
Interprofessional Day – Friday, January 6,
2012
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Small group facilitator
How Can You Be Involved
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IP Electives
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CARES Clinic
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Develop your own!
Precept at this student-run clinic in Mt. Pleasant
CLARION Competition
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Serve as a faculty advisor in the spring
How Can You Be Involved
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Health Care Simulation
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IPE Faculty Development Institute
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Teach clinical tasks in a simulated environment
Participate in 6 month institute focused on
advanced team-building and IPE skills
Create something IPE of your own!!
University 2010-2015
Strategic Plan
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Interprofessional/Interdisciplinary Theme
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Promote IP/ID collaboration across all university
missions
RFP for Pilot Projects – Submission Deadline
September 1, 2011
http://etl2.library.musc.edu/strategicplan/home.ht
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www.musc.edu/c3
or
blueav@musc.edu