How did the Interprofessional Visit in Cardiology (IVC)  impact different healthcare workers and  learners as an interprofessional educational initiative? 

      Weekly interprofessional meetings involving healthcare professional, residents and students from different health area courses were held between April and May 2013

      After a brief explanation about one in hospital patient, each professional commented about their specific assistance and interface with others professionals. The students and resident were encouraged to participate.

      The participants answered a semi-structured questionnaire.

We had 63 participants and obtained 46 responses. They were physicians, nurses, dentists, psychologists, nutricionists, physiotherapists, social workers, pharmacists, medical students, medical and multiprofessional residents (picture 1). The majority considered that the specific discussion contributed greatly with learning or professional development and 100% felt motivated to study further the discussed cases (figure 1) .

The IVC was evaluated as a very important iniciative for a better understanding about the role, the skills and the responsabilities of each health professional and should be useful to promote interprofessional education to healthcare providers. 

This interprofessional Visit n Cardiology worked well as teamwork and should be useful to promote interprofessional education to  healthcare providers. 

Thanks all the students and the health professionals who have made possible the realization of this work.

Cardiology Unit from HUOL

FAIMER Institute and FAIMER Brazil Institute.

Health Education Masters Programe - UFRN

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