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Evolution of health professions education and the health care system
The 1910 Flexner Report and a subsequent publication 5 years later by William Henry Welch and Wickliffe Rose launched a transformation of post-secondary education for health profes- sionals and public health to move provider education from a proprietary / apprentice model to an academically-based health professions educational system.4,5 More recently, substantial efforts to transform not only health professional education but also the health care system have continued. These efforts in both important arenas are viewed by many to be best- placed when they are consistent with the Triple Aim put forth by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement as a framework approach to optimize the health care system by:
improving the patient experience of care, including quality and satisfaction
improving the health of populations
reducing the per capita cost of health care.6
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Consonant with these efforts and perspectives, IPE is becoming an increasingly ubiquitous, valued, and visible component of health professional / provider education and training in the United States. By building the foundation for team-based collaborative practice (CP), IPE is increasingly viewed as essential to improving patient / client outcomes, reducing medical errors, and improving the health care system,7 consistent with the Triple Aim.
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ASCO IPECP Toolkit
updated August 2022