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NCICLE Releases New Resource for Maintaining Well-Being in the Interprofessional Clinical Learning Environment

The National Collaborative of Interprofessional Clinical Learning Environment (NCICLE) has released a second set of resources and tools for achieving the goals of their 2021 Pathways to Excellence: Expectations for an Optimal Interprofessional Clinical Learning Environment to Achieve Safe and High-Quality Patient Care. The Well-Being Resources Compendium is made up of over 30 resources from the 41 NCICLE member organizations on achieving and maintaining well-being among all members of the health care team. The resources include evidence-based research, webinars and learning modules, well-being programs, and practical toolkits. This compendium joins the Teaming Resource Compendium, released in 2024, which includes over 40 resources on developing and maintaining high-functioning interprofessional teams.

The NCICLE Pathways document, as well as the annual resources, was developed to serve as a tool for health care professionals to evaluate their own clinical learning environments (CLEs) and assist them in guiding discussions with institutional leaders to design the necessary infrastructure and processes to optimize both learning and patient care. The document focuses on 6 pathways: patient safety, health care quality, teaming, supervision of learners, well-being, and professionalism. It stresses the value of interprofessional collaboration in continually assessing and improving environments where the health care workforce trains and reinforces the mutual roles of learners and those educating them in promoting high-quality team-based care.

NCICLE is a collaborative representing medicine, pharmacy, nursing, physical and occupational therapy, and social work, as well as professional accrediting bodies, the Joint Commission, and national health care organizations such as the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, the Institute for Safe Medication Practices, the American Red Cross, and the Veterans Health Administration. ACCP joined NCICLE in April 2021 to expand the College’s interprofessional collaborations and promote the role of clinical pharmacists as interprofessional educators in CLEs. ACCP members are encouraged to explore the newly updated NCICLE.org website and share the well-being resources with their colleagues. By prioritizing well-being, we can continue to create environments where health care professionals and learners thrive.