Perspectives

In a series of posts, we’re considering “Core Competencies for Collaborative Interprofessional Practice” for philanthropic planning. The interprofessional competencies we suggest originated in the healthcare field, as an attempt to transform education and prepare students in all the healthcare specialties for “deliberatively working together with the common goal of building a safer and better patient-centered and community/population oriented U.S. health care system.” As noted in the first post of this series, a paradigm shift toward interprofessionality also sounds like a good move for philanthropic planning. The fourth of four core competencies for interprofessional practice deals with teamwork.