Question

Describe how interprofessional learning and education/approach can be used in health care settings. Please suggest methods/approach in which interprofessional learning and collaboration can be used to increase patient safety and enhance patient satisfaction in health care facilities.

Answer 1

Interprofessional education: definition (given by WHO 2010): it is the students from 2 or more professions learn about, from and with each other to enable effective collaboration and improve health outcomes., by interprofessional learning and education is widely spreading over the world and is also becoming very important that the interprofessional education is added into the curriculum in the school of medicine in the united states, by interprofessional education and learning the quality of the patient care is increasing, and by interprofessional learning and education /approach used in health care setting results in improves the workplace practices and there will be increases in the patient care and quality of treatment and health care is improves and clinical and patient health care is improved and health care professionals and others confidence is increases and health care will be more cost sutiable to the patient and it will be in approach to the everyone and healthcare facilities will be increased, and the advance technology is been used for the best outcome of the patient health care, and also skills and attitude and knoweldge is in getting imporved etc.The approach/methods in which interprofessional learning and collaboration can be used to increase patient safety and enhance patient satisfaction in health care facilities is communication skills is being developed by this patient is being improved and team work of the healthcare professional is being increased by the interprofessional education, and by this team work the confidence between the health care professional is improved and more positive attitude is being developed, and by knowing about the team strategies and tools to enhance performance and patient safety there is also increase in patient safety and leadership and mutual support between the team and acting wise and monitoring the situation in the healthcare these all contributes to the increase patient safety and enhance patient satisfaction in health care facilities.