#interprofessional

Today I did an interprofessional team immersion where a bunch of students from the COM, dental, PA, nursing, social work, pharmacy, and occupational therapy schools got together and treated a fake patient.

Everything went well, and since we didn't have a pharmacy student on our team, I became the person in charge of that. This is hilarious if you know me and how much I struggle with pharm, but even though my pharm knowledge is about average for a medical student, it was interesting that it was more than anyone else had acquired so far.

Anyway, I was talking to the patient about her meds, how she's taking them ect. ect. And then as the social work student was talking to the patient, she said something along the lines of "and that's why the doctor is concerned about your medications" and at first I was like there isn't a doctor here?? And the I was like oh... she means me!

Midwives exist between two worlds but don't forget your midwitchery in third year.

I’ve discovered this year that midwives really do practice between two worlds. Our schooling is structured within a particular culture, one of teachings passed on by grandmothers of the profession but also filled with rigorous scientific method and evidence-based practice. We speak midwifery to our clients but speak traditional obstetrics when we consult. We fiercely protect our clients from harm…

Intra and interprofessional collaboration both focus on client centered care Inter professional across disciplines (RN, RPN, LPN) etc. Intra professional only within RN for example What is interprofessional collaboration? – the process of developing and maintaining effective interprofessional working relationships with learners, practitioners, patients/clients/families and communities to enable…