Bravo, Cindy. Assessing and enhancing the skills of interprofessional practice facilitators: clinical and educational applications. Retrieved from https://doi.org/doi:10.7282/t3-hyr9-kt21
DescriptionInstitutions of higher learning and healthcare organizations are charged with providing and supporting interprofessional education and collaborative practices for the central purpose of improving patient care quality. These efforts are complex and require that leaders provide the necessary resources to ensure successful outcomes. The most critical of these resources are the facilitators who provide guidance at every step of the process, supporting teamwork dynamics, and ensuring the alignment of strategic goals and objectives. Considering the implications of poor facilitation, it is important they receive comprehensive, targeted assessment-based training that includes performance feedback. The literature concerning the facilitation of interprofessional teams provides limited guidance to stakeholders. This dissertation research contributes to this area of study by exploring the literature for the facilitation skills and competencies that contribute to best practices, as well as by describing the development and testing of two comprehensive, contextually designed facilitator performance assessment instruments. This research is intended to be used as a resource for stakeholders in the development of facilitator training programs.