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According to the
US Institute
of Medicine
(2000, 2001),
the widespread incidence of
preventable errors in our
nation’s hospitals revealed
that how care is delivered is
as important as what care is
delivered. These landmark
reports noted that developing
effective clinical teams is essential to delivering care that is patientcentered,
safer, timelier and more effective, efficient and equitable.
To achieve those goals, the Center for Learning and Innovation
(CLI) is expanding its efforts to “train in teams those that work
in teams” in order to build interprofessional teamwork and
collaboration. To that end, Barbara DeVoe, DNP, FNP-BC, has
been promoted to vice president for interprofessional learning and
education, a role in which she will enhance the strategic importance
of interprofessional learning and education throughout the health
system. She will also continue her day-to-day responsibilities
at CLI’s Patient Safety Institute (PSI). Barbara was recruited to
CLI six years ago to develop the Critical Care Nurse Fellowship
Program, for which we established our first simulation program.
Her clinical background is critical care and emergency nursing. She
is also a board-certified family nurse practitioner and has worked
collaboratively in two physician practices. Barbara received her
doctorate in nursing practice from Case Western Reserve University
in 2009. Her areas of interests are patient safety, teamwork and
communication and human factors.
Interprofessional Education
Fosters Clinical Teamwork,
Increases Patient Safety
Interprofessional
education (IPE) has been
defined as: “when two or
more professionals learn with,
from and about each other to
improve collaboration and
the quality of care.” While
this activity commonly occurs
among clinical teams at PSI,
it is incumbent upon us to
expand IPE even further,
Barbara DeVoe
considering its proven success
in improving patient safety.
Similar to CLI, PSI has grown rapidly, not only in reputation
but also in programs, size and resources. What began as an idea
and one simulator in 2006 has become an infrastructure that is
strategically important to the health system as well as the Hofstra
North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine. CLI and PSI will continue to
evolve as the needs of the health system change.
Dowling
at Dowling
North Shore-LIJ President and CEO
Michael Dowling spoke to more
than 200 high school students from
throughout Long Island during a
Long Island Youth Summit hosted
last spring at Dowling College in
Oakdale. The purpose of the Summit
was to work with the brightest and
most active high school students in
order to make them aware of the
socioeconomic, environmental and
sociomedical issues affecting Long
Island and to recommend solutions.
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