Terminology
Interprofessional Education |
鈥淲hen students from two or more professions learn about, from, and with each other to enable effective collaboration and improve health outcomes.鈥 |
WHO* |
Interprofessional Collaborative Practice |
鈥淲hen multiple health workers from different professional backgrounds work together with patients, families, carers鈥, and communities to deliver the highest quality of care.鈥 |
WHO* |
Interprofessional Teamwork |
鈥淭he levels of cooperation, coordination, and collaboration characterizing the relationships between professions in delivering patient-centered care.鈥 |
IPEC* |
Interprofessional Team-Based Care |
鈥淐are 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).鈥 |
IPEC* |