Developing an interprofessional transition course to improve team-based HIV care for sub-Saharan Africa

BMC Medical Education

Table 2 Interprofessional education principles and quality improvement techniques incorporated into curriculum

Interprofessional education principles^a	Application	Quality improvement techniques	Application
Values and ethics for interprofessional practice	Construct a patient-centered management plan to ensure collaboration with the patient and all health care workers	Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) Cycles^b,c	Describe an intervention to reduce the risk of occupational exposure to HIV
Roles and responsibilities	Describe the role of all team members who provide care for the patient with cryptococcal meningitis	Fishbone (Ishikawa) Diagram^d	Ascertain causes leading to low early infant diagnosis rates
Interprofessional communication	Use the two-challenge rule^e if a health professional recognizes a safety breach that is ignored by the team-leader	A3 Approach^f	Use multiple QI modalities to address gaps in TB infection control measures
Teams & teamwork	Describe a shared decision-making approach among the patient and team members to address causes of non-adherence	5 Whys^c	Investigate why an HIV RNA result may have been lost
		Situation-Background-Assessment-Recommendation (SBAR)^d,e	Prepare an SBAR communication to describe a patient with cryptococcal meningitis to another healthcare professional

^aInterprofessional Educational Collaborative. (2016). Core competencies for interprofessional collaborative practice: 2016 update. Washington, DC: Interprofessional Education Collaborative
^bThe Deming Institute. PDSA Cycle. https://deming.org/explore/pdsa/
^cACT Academy. Plan, Do, Study, Act (PDSA) cycles and the model for improvement. https://improvement.nhs.uk/documents/2142/plan-do-study-act.pdf
^dInstitute for Healthcare Improvement. Patient Safety Essentials Toolkit https://phpa.health.maryland.gov/mch/Documents/HV/COVID-19/IHIPatientSafetyEssentialsToolkit%20(1).pdf
^eTeamSTEPPS®: Strategies & Tools to Enhance Performance and Patient Safety. [Falls Church, VA]:Dept. of Defense, TRICARE: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 2010
^fPrimary Care Quality Improvement (QI): Lean Problem-Solving Tool. Content last reviewed November 2018. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. https://www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/tools/qi-lean-problem-solving.html

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