Communication Improvement in

Healthcare

INTERPERSONAL EDUCATION (IPE)

Natesha Ward
WellStar School of Nursing, Kennesaw state University
NURS 7712 Nurse Educator Role
Scholarly Paper
April 19th 2024
Interpersonal education (IPE)
when students from two or more professions learn about, from, and with each other to

enable effective collaboration and improve health outcomes. Improving communication

and roles of responsibilities alone can allow nurses to better discuss patient care plans and

patient outcomes, interventions or consultations. (Oermann et al., 2022).

Nursing is a big field that is affected by social, economic and political

changes. Significant social trends have influenced nursing practice and

the role of the nurse as an educator, one of these specific trends is the

need for communication improvement among healthcare disciplines

with a call for interprofessional education to best meet healthcare

needs.
Stereotypes and General
Biases
Some people in separate fields of the healthcare industry hold animosity and even sometimes don’t

even respect those that they work with. IPE can help dispel stereotypes such as doctors are arrogant

and do not listen or other professionals or therapists do not have an understanding of the overall

patient. This can break down those barriers between professionals and foster better communication

and better understanding which can only lead to better care for patients.
Communication
Improving communication and roles of
Communication is the key to teamwork
responsibilities alone can allow nurses to better
and there are many interprofessional rifts
discuss patient care plans and patient outcomes,
that could be prevented with better interventions or consultations. Which would in turn

education and collaboration make it easier to administer care and reduce the

amount of delays and any other barrier that prevents

someone from being quickly treated and discharged.

 There are four main things to think about when considering the

IPE AS AN impacts, development and promotion of interprofessional

thinking and acting, acquirement of shared knowledge,

EDUCATOR
promotion of beneficial information and knowledge exchange,

and promotion of mutual understanding. Educators expect an

improved patient-centered care based on better mutual

What are the benefits of IPE in the eyes understanding and coordinated cooperation in interprofessional
of the educators health care teams. To sum up many points, IPE promotes

interprofessional cooperation between the medical and the

nursing profession.
IPE AS AN EDUCATOR
Many researchers and educators believe that in order to ensure high quality patient care an effective interprofessional

collaboration between healthcare professionals is required.The aim is to explore how IPE has to be designed and implemented

in medical and nursing training programs to optimize students’ impact. Skills in interprofessional communication and roles

understanding will be primary preconditions to improve collaborative patient-centered care.

(Homeyer et all, 2018).

Conclusion on IPE

After looking at not only what IPE is, but also how it impacts the learner’s perception but also the effectiveness of care

and the methods that can be used for those outcomes. In conclusion the future development of IPE in prelicensure

registered nursing curricula. Impacts not only educators but students and they want that they perform. Research has

proven that IPE should be incorporated into the education of not only nurses but other workers and teachers in the

healthcare profession to help develop understanding and collaboration between physicians.

Conclusion on IPE
The majority perceives the implementation of IPE has given them a
greater understanding of other professionals’ roles, had enhanced their
professional confidence and would help them prioritise workload once
qualified. (Hamilton et all, 2021)
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