IPCE Delivers

Improving Health Outcomes through Interprofessional Continuing Education

#IPCEDelivers is a campaign to communicate the value of your team’s work and the critical difference interprofessional continuing education (IPCE) can make for healthcare organizations. Organizations offering IPCE can become a force for change and innovation, improving outcomes for everyone.

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You play a key role in improving the knowledge and performance of healthcare teams. Communicating the value of your work can create an even greater impact. Our one-pager helps you demonstrate to healthcare decision makers how IPCE helps organizations:

  • Improve patient care.[1] [2]
  • Retain valued team members.
  • Deliver cost-effective care.[3]
  • Increase their visibility.[4]
  • Lead strategically.[5]

Engagement with IPCE is at an all-time high with over 113,000 accredited educational activities and 43 million learner interactions reported in 2023.[6] Healthcare professionals know from experience the joy and satisfaction that comes from learning and working together as a team and having the right tools to more effectively improve the health and safety of patients.

IPCE Delivers
Communicate the value of your work by downloading and sharing the one-pager #IPCEDelivers.

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Start Your Social Media Campaign

We’ll be offering in the coming month a series of campaign graphics for you to use on your social media platforms, using the hashtag #IPCEDelivers. These evidence-based messages can help healthcare leaders understand the incredibly valuable role you play in providing practical solutions to many of healthcare’s most pressing problems.

References

[1] Reeves, Scott, Simon Fletcher, Hugh Barr, Ivan Birch, Sylvian Boet, Nigel Davies, Angus McFadyen, Josetta Rivera, and Simon Kitto. “A BEME Systematic Review of the Effects of Interprofessional Education: BEME Guide No. 39.” Medical Teacher 38, no. 7 (2016): 656-668.

[2] Providers who achieved Joint Accreditation with Commendation in 2022-2024 reported decreased patient lengths of stay, lower sepsis rates, and reductions in opioid abuse. They also reported increased immunizations and health screenings for Hepatitis C, HPV, and diabetes.

[3] Regnier, Kate, Kathy Chappell, and Dimitra V. Travlos, “The Role and Rise of Interprofessional Continuing Education,” Journal of Medical Regulation 105, no. 3 (2019).

[4] Regnier, Kathleen, Dimitra V. Travlos, Daniel Pace, Sierra Powell, and Allison Hunt. “Leading Change Together: Supporting Collaborative Practice through Joint Accreditation for Interprofessional Continuing Education.” Journal of European CME 11 (2022).

[5] Kahn, Morman, Kathy Chappell, Kate Regnier, Dimitra V. Travlos, Doris Auth. “A Collaboration Between Government and the Continuing Education Community Tackles the Opioid Crisis: Lessons Learned and Future Opportunities.” Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions (2019).

[6] Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education. ACCME Data Report: Thriving Through Growth and Innovation—2023.