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Collaborative Healthcare: Interprofessional Practice, Education and Evaluation (JCIPE)

Abstract

In support of Thomas Jefferson University’s effort to be on the cutting edge of care, JCIPE (Jefferson Center for Interprofessional Practice & Education) supports educational programs that focus on understanding and addressing health disparities. Team Care Planning (TCP) is an educational simulation experience where teams of students from different professions collaborate with each other, and interact with standardized patients, to create a care plan. The initial case developed for TCP involves an interprofessional student team developing a discharge plan for an older adult who was hospitalized after a stroke. The interprofessional student team meets with the patient and her adult caregiver (played by simulated patients) to develop a client centered discharge plan that meets the needs of both the patient and her family. More recently, TCP has developed and implemented a new case focusing on Black maternal health. This simulated experience was created to raise awareness and deepen understanding of the health disparities Black women face surrounding pregnancy. The likelihood of fatal consequences during childbirth stands at a rate of two to three times higher than for White women, which is ‘independent of age, parity, or education’ (Tucker et al., 2007). Further, more than half of Black maternal deaths occurring in the United States are due to preventable causes (Bond et al., 2021). This case was created to raise issues of bias and structural racism within the healthcare system. It provides a complex and interprofessional approach in order to mirror clinical settings that involve team-based care.

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