Orientation Session

Preparing for Interprofessional Working

Objectives:

1. Participate in a mutually respectful, non-hierarchical environment for first team meeting
2. Describe expectations for the Health Partners program
3. Describe common goals for all teams/team members
4. Experience positive IP social interaction including discussion of language demonstrating IP "cultural competence."
   • What stereotypes do we have about each other?
   • How are we the same? Our common skills and knowledge?
   • How are we different? Our unique skills and knowledge?
   • When are hierarchies helpful/dangerous?
   • What attitudes and behaviors help us work together well? How does language impact working relationships?
   • What are the unique teamwork challenges of clinic based care vs. hospital care?
   • How do we decide who gets respect, how much, and why?
   • Ownership language
5. Describe core competencies for Interprofessional Collaborative Practice as promulgated by IPEC (the Interprofessional Education Collaborative), May 2011/2016, to include:
   • Values / Ethics
   • Roles / Responsibilities
   • Interprofessional Communication
   • Teams and Teamwork