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Introduction
The development of this Toolkit for Optometric Education has been an initiative of the ASCO Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice (IPECP) Committee. The charge to the 2017 – 2018 IPECP Committee from the ASCO President was as follows:
Ë Develop, share and/or recommend strategies for member institutions to incorporate interprofessional education into their curricula.
Ë Discuss the development of demonstration projects to raise awareness of optometry’s role in collaborative patient care and to provide resources for ASCO member institu- tions to assist in curriculum development.
Ë Raise public and professional awareness of the role that optometry has in team-based collaborative patient-centered care.
The ASCO IPECP Toolkit was introduced at a Workshop conducted at the American Academy of Optometry 2018 Annual Meeting entitled “Toolkits and Resources for Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice Initiatives in Optometry.” This Toolkit is intended to serve as a guide for building, implementing, and sustaining interprofessional education and collaborative practice initiatives at your institution.
June 2020 ASCO IPECP Toolkit
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