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The purpose of Interprofessional Health Education

Interprofessional Health Education consists of the learners and educators from the different health disciplines so that they can jointly learn and apply the foundational principles of the field, for achieving the set goal (Buring et al., 2009). Based on my current understanding, the purpose of Interprofessional health education is to learn the skills, and attitudes for working with the interprofessional team in the field of health care. Moreover, learning of these attributes and skills to work with the team jointly, and set the patient-centered care by establishing the common goal for the patient is an approach to productive actions. the concrete initiatives with the collective discussion and approach can act as a guide for quick achievement of desired objectives. According to my understanding, the purpose of this education involves developing multiple abilities in the learners, so that while working with the team of different members they can use the observations and expertise of their specific profession for the optimal care of the patient.

Interprofessional Collaboration

Interprofessional collaboration is one of the major aspects of interprofessional health education. However, considering my current understanding of the topic, interprofessional collaboration in health care is a beneficial aspect because it is considered as one of the major section for improving the health outcomes for the patients in the dimension of decreasing the mortality rates, optimizing the level of health care, decreasing morbidity and preventing the adverse effects of the drugs reactions (Bosch & Mansell, 2015). By the interprofessional health education, different people existing in the team with the different skills work on a similar problem as the other team members. However, the perspective and dimension of the work are different. So, when a similar problem is dealt with collaborative and collective approach, it tends to provide more opportunities to consider minor issues regarding the goal, and that is why there are more chances of the improvement and optimized care. Hence, Interprofessional Health Education is much important in all the aspects of professional learning.

References

Bosch, B., & Mansell, H. (2015). Interprofessional collaboration in health care: Lessons to be learned from competitive sports. Canadian Pharmacists Journal/Revue des Pharmaciens du Canada, 148(4), 176-179.

Buring, S. M., Bhushan, A., Broeseker, A., Conway, S., Duncan-Hewitt, W., Hansen, L., & Westberg, S. (2009). Interprofessional education: definitions, student competencies, and guidelines for implementation. American journal of pharmaceutical education, 73(4), 59.