On Saturday April 8, 2017 in Andreas Hall Room 112 from 10 a.m. to 12 Noon, the College of Nursing and Health Sciences at Barry University will host the inaugural activity for Project ADVICE (Advancement of Interprofessional Collaboration and Education).
This event marks the start of a series of events and activities that are aimed at developing and enhancing skills in interdisciplinary collaboration and communication for current and future generations of all health care professionals. We are especially grateful to Mrs. Joan K. Stout, RN, President and Managing Director of the Hugoton Foundation, for supporting this entire project.
In this first case study, faculty and students from CNHS with faculty and students from the School of Podiatric Medicine and the School of Social Work will participate in a period of analysis and critical reflection to help all in attendance increase their awareness of the roles and perspectives of our colleagues as we deal with the issue of substance misuse by a health care team member (e.g. Podiatric Surgeon, Nurse Anesthetist, Physician Assistant, Athletic Trainer, Exercise Physiologist, and Social Worker).
Participants will be seated in groups of 6-10 with one of their professional discipline per table and in an interprofessional collaboration determine by their own experiences and perspectives leading to a group consensus on how to deal with this pervasive problem in health care. The faculty of the College of Nursing and Health Sciences (CNHS) have long been committed to promoting interdisciplinarity.
We are delighted that our colleagues from other health-related disciplines at Barry University, including those from the Physician Assistant program, Podiatric Medicine and Social Work agree and are supporting this effort. Together, we have affirmed our dedication to graduating health care professionals who are able to transform their practice locations into collaborative patient-centered settings. We all believe interdisciplinary collaboration and communication skills are essential for the improvement of patient care.