Interprofessional Dedicated Education Unit

An Integrated Mental Health and Acute Care Clinical Rotation on a Dedicated Education Unit

“…This model facilitates building and sustaining relationships among practicing RNs and nursing students. [10][11][12][13] Although a body of evidence exists that describes the characteristics and outcomes of individual specialty DEUs, less is written about integrated mental health and acute care DEU clinical learning environments as a component of an academic-practice partnership. One study explored a model of integrated psychiatric care on a medical-surgical unit focused on therapeutic communication and awareness of treatment plan gaps involving psychiatric needs in medical-surgical patients.…”

“…A DEU is devoted to clinical education of nursing students by a consistent cohort of experienced RNs, educated in student preceptorship and professional development, offered by the academic partner. This model facilitates building and sustaining relationships among practicing RNs and nursing students 10-13 . Although a body of evidence exists that describes the characteristics and outcomes of individual specialty DEUs, less is written about integrated mental health and acute care DEU clinical learning environments as a component of an academic-practice partnership.…”

Heidelberger Interprofessionelle Ausbildungsstation (HIPSTA): a practice- and theory-guided approach to development and implementation of Germany’s first interprofessional training ward

“…We searched the literature to identify previous IPTWs in order to generate ideas for our IPTW. We found multiple descriptions of IPTWs in different countries and specialities [10], [12], [13], [14], [15], [16], [17], [18], [19], [20], [21], [22]. However, the organisation and set-up of these IPTWs differs somewhat and was not always well described.…”

“…Since their first description more than two decades ago in Sweden [11], multiple IPTWs have been established mainly in Scandinavia (reviewed in [10]) and other countries [12], [13], [14], [15], [16], [17], [18], [19], [20], [21], [22]. To date training wards have been piloted in Germany for medical students (Witten-Herdecke) [23], [24] and for nursing students, however an IPTW focussing on interprofessional competencies has not been established in Germany so far.…”

Every team needs a coach: Training for interprofessional clinical placements

“…One example is the interprofessional dedicated education units (IDEUs), which provide practice education opportunities for pre-licensure learners who are required to meet both interprofessional and uniprofessional clinical objectives primarily through their participation in collaborative rounds and case study discussions with faculty (McVey, Vessey, Kenner, & Pressler, 2014). The hospital-based student training ward (STW) is another example of practice-based IPE where teams of learners assume clinical responsibilities for patients within a medical unit specifically designated for interprofessional learning.…”