PROJECTS: HSPICE

Health Science Partnerships in Clinical Education (HSPICE) is a University Initiatives Fund project to develop, implement and sustain an interdisciplinary educational model for clinical preparation of population-oriented, collaborating practitioners across the six Health Sciences schools, the Health Sciences Libraries and the Information School.

Many forces are combining in the move from services delivered by individual practitioners to a network of services provided by teams of professionals. This movement creates a blending of traditional health care provider roles as care delivery systems seek to provide the most cost-effective health care. It is apparent that future health care providers who will be working together in clinical settings would benefit greatly from clinical education and training that recognizes and appreciates the skills of other team members within patient care systems. Yet, few health science students are specifically educated to participate in such multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary care or its evaluation. Health Science Partnerships in Clinical Education (HSPICE) is actively correcting that situation at the University of Washington.

University Initiatives Funds (UIF) provided a rare opportunity to develop new models of clinical education that collaboratively engage students and faculty from Dentistry, Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Public Health, Social Work and the Information School, and the Health Sciences Library and Information Center. Our intent is that all health science students will participate in one or more curricular or extracurricular opportunities created by this model. These opportunities will help them gain respect and understanding for the complementary skills of all participants by virtue of working together in a variety of ways to solve clinical problems.

• Photos from Chautauqua 2003
  
  
• HSPICE Archived - Questions: email: intrprof@u.washington.edu