Interprofessional transformation of clinical education: The first six years of the Veterans Affairs Centers of Excellence in Primary Care Education

This paper describes the Centers of Excellence in Primary Care Education (CoEPCE), a seven-site collaborative project funded by the Office of Academic Affiliations (OAA) within the Veterans Health Administration of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). The CoEPCE was established to...

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Published in:Journal of interprofessional care 2023-09, Vol.37 (sup1), p.1-S94
Main Authors: Harada, Nancy D, Traylor, Laural, Rugen, Kathryn Wirtz, Bowen, Judith L, Smith, C Scott, Felker, Bradford, Ludke, Deborah, Tonnu-Mihara, Ivy, Ruberg, Joshua L, Adler, Jayson, Uhl, Kimberly, Gardner, Annette L, Gilman, Stuart C
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Clinical training
Collaboration
Health education
Health promotion
Interdisciplinary aspects
Interdisciplinary education
Interprofessional education
Intervention
Learning environment
Medical personnel
Military hospitals
Primary care
Trainees
Transformation
Veterans
Workplaces
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Summary:This paper describes the Centers of Excellence in Primary Care Education (CoEPCE), a seven-site collaborative project funded by the Office of Academic Affiliations (OAA) within the Veterans Health Administration of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). The CoEPCE was established to fulfill OAA's vision of large-scale transformation of the clinical learning environment within VA primary care settings. This was accomplished by funding new Centers within VA facilities to develop models of interprofessional education (IPE) to teach health professions trainees to deliver high quality interprofessional team-based primary care to Veterans. Using reports and data collected and maintained by the National Coordinating Center over the first six years of the project, we describe program inputs, the multicomponent intervention, activities undertaken to develop the intervention, and short-term outcomes. The findings have implications for lessons learned that can be considered by others seeking large-scale transformation of education within the clinical workplace and the development of interprofessional clinical learning environments. Within the VA, the CoEPCE has laid the foundation for IPE and collaborative practice, but much work remains to disseminate this work throughout the national VA system.
ISSN:1356-1820
1469-9567
DOI:10.1080/13561820.2018.1433642