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According to the Interprofessional Education Collaborative Expert Panel, what is the definition of interprofessional competency in health care?

Interprofessional competency in health care is defined as the integrated enactment of knowledge, skills, and values/attitudes that define working together across the professions, with other health care workers, and with patients, along with families and communities, as appropriate, to improve health outcomes in specific care contexts.

This definition comes from the Interprofessional Education Collaborative Expert Panel (2011). It emphasizes that competency is not just individual knowledge but the combined application of knowledge, skills, and values/attitudes in collaboration with other professionals, patients, families, and communities, tailored to specific care contexts to improve health outcomes.

Key points

  • Definition includes knowledge, skills, and values/attitudes.
  • Working together spans across professions and with patients, families, and communities.
  • The goal is improving health outcomes in specific care contexts.
Source:Nursing Scope and Standards of Practice by coll.· Scope of Nursing Practice· p. 41

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