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Using Clinical Supervision To Improve Interprofessional Collaboration, Melissa Copenhaver Jan 2018

Using Clinical Supervision To Improve Interprofessional Collaboration, Melissa Copenhaver

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USING CLINICAL SUPERVISION TO IMPROVE

INTERPROFESSIONAL COLLABORATION

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Melissa Copenhaver

Interprofessional collaboration (IPC) is important to the future of the healthcare system in that IPC is part of the solution for promoting better healthcare outcomes (Gilbert, Yan, & Hoffman, 2010; Reeves, Perrier, Goldman, Freeth, & Zwarenstein, 2013). Marshall (2011) notes that “interprofessional collaborative practice promotes team identity, conserves energy by a unity in direction, and invites harmony of efforts” (p. 158). The skills needed to engage in IPC are cultivated through interprofessional education (IPE) (Reeves et al., 2013). Currently, at Northern Michigan University (NMU), there are limited opportunities included in …