Abstract
The focus of our title is education, but the notion of interdisciplinary healthcare is not a new idea. Indeed, authors Given and Simmons entitled their provocative article from 1977, “The Interdisciplinary Health-Care Team: Fact or Fiction.”1 The Institute of Medicine (IOM) report Crossing the Quality Chasm: A New Healthcare System for the 21st Century,2 recognized the need for an interdisciplinary approach for optimal patient outcomes. The report also emphasized that healthcare practitioners will need to adopt new skills and approaches to patient care delivery and their interactions with one another. While not impossible, doing so in the workplace will require significant training and a shift of mindset. Clearly, this type of change needs to be adopted and implemented.
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