Interprofessionalism as Diversity

Interprofessionalism as Diversity
Susan M. Meyer, PhD
Associate Dean for Education, School of Pharmacy
Chair, Working Group on Interprofessional Education
smeyer@pitt.edu
Prepare a future, diverse workforce
capable of delivering patientcentered, interprofessional care.
…when multiple health workers from
different professional backgrounds
work together with patients, families,
carers, and communities to deliver
the highest quality of care…
WHO 2010
History shows that diversity for its
own sake isn’t the surest path to
inclusion. Inclusion, however, can
lead to diversity.
Candi Castlebery-Singleton
Chief Inclusion and Diversity Officer, UPMC
Health care professionals who learn about,
from, and with each other will be more likely to
develop the competencies needed to work
effectively together to care for patients and
communities.
Race/ethnicity diversity among health
care providers
Non-white
White
1
2
US Bureau of Labor Statistics
http://www.bls.gov/cps/cpsaat11.pdf
Accessed 5-30-13
Over 81 percent of health care
providers in the US are not physicians
Pharmacist
Nurse
Physician
Nurse
US Bureau of Labor Statistics
http://www.bls.gov/cps/cpsaat11.pdf
Accessed 5-30-13
Can we think about
interprofessional competence as a
parallel to cultural competence?
Can we think about
inclusion, dignity, and
respect in the context
of effective
interprofessional
teams?
An Action Plan for Implementation
of the
JCPP Future Vision of Pharmacy
Practice
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
… in cooperation with patients,
prescribers, and other members
of an interprofessional health
care team…
Reform the education and life-long career
development of health professionals to
incorporate interprofessional learning and
team-based care.
Interprofessional Modeling and Caring for the Elderly
IP-MACY
• develop instructional resources
• refine educational strategies to facilitate
learning
• initiate institutional transformation
• increase the number of faculty trained in
interprofessional concepts.
Revise professional regulatory standards and
practices to permit and promote
interprofessional education and collaborative
practice.
We can’t be interprofessional by ourselves.
Pharmacy
… additional focus on interprofessional
education to better prepare pharmacy
graduates to practice or deliver care in
collaborative health care teams.
Nursing
Essentials Executive Summary
… document emphasizes such concepts as
patient-centered care, interprofessional teams,
evidence-based practice, quality improvement,
patient safety … in an ever-changing and
complex healthcare environment.
Medicine
…must prepare medical students to function
collaboratively on health care teams that include
other health professionals…
Diversifying the workforce to
strengthen interprofessionality.
Scope of Practice Laws and
Regulations
Public Health Dental Hygiene Practitioners
Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioners
Respiratory Care Therapists
Physician Assistants
Physical Therapists
Nurse Midwives
Interprofessionalism as Diversity
…inclusion, dignity, and respect in the context of
effective interprofessional teams…