Top Ten Best Practices for Interprofessional Precepting

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Shrader, S. & Zaudke, J (2018)

1. Set the stage

   • Provide “safe space” for positive IPE collaboration and learning

2. Role model interprofessional collaboration

3. Be aware of professional sensitivities

   • Be mindful of interprofessional dynamics, stereotyping, biases

4. Keep it patient centered

5. Participate in different interprofessional precepting models

   • Consider co-leading or the interchangeable preceptor model

6. Rethink patient presentations

   • Try rotating responsibility of lead presenter, as this may help address issues of hierarchies

7. Ask teaching questions to all learners on the team and facilitate learning

   • Ask questions directed to all of the learners

   • Authors suggest “this question is for everyone” or “I would like to hear from all of the professions”

8. Develop a process for all team members to document

   • Encourage team members to document together

9. Create a process for reflection and debriefing about the interprofessional collaboration experience

10. Develop models of interprofessional evaluation

    • Pre-test/Post-test; use of validated questionnaires (e.g. Readiness for Interprofessional Learning Scale – RIPLS); journaling