Interprofessional Teamwork

Completion of this instructional unit demonstrates a basic understanding of the significance of interprofessional education and collaborative practice to improve the experience, outcomes and costs of health care.


Challenge 1 I Challenge 2 I Challenge 3 I Challenge 4


Challenge 1: Introduction to Team Decision-Making in Primary Care

Learning outcomes for this challenge align with the IPEC Interprofessional Core Competencies for Domain 4: Teams and Teamwork, and as such, contribute to the development of these competencies.

Upon completion of the challenges required for this instructional unit, you will be able to:

  1. Describe the process of team development and the roles and practices of effective teams.
  2. Develop consensus on the ethical principles to guide all aspect of patient care and team work.
  3. Engage other health professionals — appropriate to the specific core situations — in shared patient-centered problem-solving.
  4. Integrate the knowledge and experience of other professions — appropriate to the specific care situation — to inform care decisions, while respecting patient and community values and priorities/preferences for care.
  5. Apply leadership practices that support collaborative practice and team effectiveness.

The purpose of this learning challenge is to introduce you to team decision-making in primary care.

Lamb, G. (2017, March). Introduction to Team Decision-Making in Primary Care (Y. Price, Designer.) [Interactive video module]. Center for Advancing Interprofessional Practice, Education & Research, Arizona State University, Phoenix.

To complete this challenge, work through the Introduction to Decision-Making learning module and answer a series of questions.

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Challenge 2: It Takes a Team!

Learning outcomes for this challenge align with the IPEC Interprofessional Core Competencies for Domain 2: Roles and Responsibilities, and as such, contribute to the development of these competencies.

  1. Communicate one’s roles and resonsibilities clearly to patients, families, and other professionals.
  2. Recognize one’s limitations in skills, knowledge, and abilities.
  3. Engage diverse healthcare professionals who complement one’s own professional expertise as well as associated resourcess, to develop strategies to meet specific patient care needs.
  4. Explain the roles and responsibilities of other care providers and how the team works together to provide care.

This learning challenge provides an introduction to the roles and responsibilities of interprofessional primary care team members.

Kennedy, T. (2016, February). Roles and Responsibilities: It Takes a Team! (Y. Price, Designer.) [Interactive video module]. Center for Advancing Interprofessional Practice, Education & Research, Arizona State University, Phoenix.

To complete this challenge, you will earn the certificate of completion for the Roles and Responsibilities: It Takes a Team elearning module.


Challenge 3: Involving Team Members in Primary Care Practice

Learning outcomes for this challenge align with the IPEC Interprofessional Core Competencies for Domain 4: Teams and Teamwork, and as such, contribute to the development of these competencies:

  1. Describe the process of team development and the roles and practices of effective teams.
  2. Develop consensus on the ethical principles to guide all aspect of patient care and team work.
  3. Engage other health professionals — appropriate to the specific cre situations — in shared patient-centered problem-solving.
  4. Integrate the knowledge and experience of other professions — appropriate to the specific care situation — to inform care decisions, while respecting patient and community values and priorities/preferences for care.
  5. Apply leadership practices that support collaborative practice and team effectiveness.

The goal of this challenge is to help you think about how to involve other team members in the care of patients and their families in primary care.

Lamb, G. (2017, March). Introduction to Team Decision-Making in Primary Care (Y. Price, Designer.) [Interactive video module]. Center for Advancing Interprofessional Practice, Education & Research, Arizona State University, Phoenix.

To complete this challenge, work through the Involving Team Members in Primary Care Practice elearning module and answer the following question:

  • What are the factors influencing the decision to involve other team members in the care of a patient? 

Challenge 4: High Performance Teams and Teamwork

Learning outcomes for this challenge align with the IPEC Interprofessional Core Competencies for Domain 4: Teams and Teamwork, and as such, contribute to the development of these competencies:

  1. Describe the process of team development and the roles and practices of effective teams.
  2. Develop consensus on the ethical principles to guide all aspect of patient care and team work.
  3. Engage other health professionals — appropriate to the specific cre situations — in shared patient-centered problem-solving.
  4. Integrate the knowledge and experience of other professions — appropriate to the specific care situation — to inform care decisions, while respecting patient and community values and priorities/preferences for care.
  5. Apply leadership practices that support collaborative practice and team effectiveness.

In this learning challenge, you will reflect on and explore the value of teams and teamwork from a person-centered perspective.

To complete this challenge, you will earn the certificate of completion for the Four Habits of High Performance Teams and Teamwork from a Person-Centered Perspective elearning module.


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