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Development of accreditation standards for interprofessional education: a Canadian Case Study

Authors: Ruby E. Grymonpre, Lesley Bainbridge, Louise Nasmith, Cynthia Baker

Published in: Human Resources for Health | Issue 1/2021

Abstract

Background

Academic institutions worldwide are embedding interprofessional education (IPE) into their health/social services education programs in response to global evidence that this leads to interprofessional collaborative practice (IPC). The World Health Organization (WHO) is holding its 193 member countries accountable for Indicator 3–06 (‘IPE Accreditation’) through its National Health Workforce Accounts. Despite the major influence of accreditation on the quality of health and social services education programs, little has been written about accreditation of IPE.

Case study

Canada has been a global leader in IPE Accreditation. The Accreditation of Interprofessional Health Education (AIPHE) projects (2007–2011) involved a collaborative of eight Canadian organizations that accredit pre-licensure education for six health/social services professions. The AIPHE vision was for learners to develop the necessary knowledge, skills and attitudes to provide IPC through IPE. The aim of this paper is to share the Canadian Case Study including policy context, supporting theories, preconditions, logic model and evaluation findings to achieve the primary project deliverable, increased awareness of the need to embed IPE language into the accreditation standards for health and social services academic programs. Future research implications are also discussed.

Conclusions

As a result of AIPHE, Canada is the only country in the world in which, for over a decade, a collective of participating health/social services accrediting organizations have been looking for evidence of IPE in the programs they accredit. This puts Canada in the unique position to now examine the downstream impacts of IPE accreditation.

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Title: Development of accreditation standards for interprofessional education: a Canadian Case Study
Authors: Ruby E. Grymonpre
Lesley Bainbridge
Louise Nasmith
Cynthia Baker
Publication date: 01-12-2021
Publisher: BioMed Central
Published in: Human Resources for Health / Issue 1/2021
Electronic ISSN: 1478-4491
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12960-020-00551-2

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Development of accreditation standards for interprofessional education: a Canadian Case Study

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