Interprofessional Collaboration in Women's Health Care: Collective Competencies, Interactive Learning, and Measurable...

Interprofessional collaboration has the potential to impact our complex, dynamic health care system through team-led or collective core competencies (professionalism, communication, teamwork, interprofessional education) that promote system improvements for quality care and patient safety. Strategies to reduce errors and subsequent adverse outcomes focus on interactive training; simulations and drills; development of protocols, guidelines, and checklists; use of information technology; and relevant interactive educational activities in the workplace. When sustained with a shared vision, good communication, and enthusiasm for the work being done, interprofessional collaboration can lead to measurable improvements in delivery of women's health care.