{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Advancing Healthcare Through Simulation","title":"From Classroom to Practice: Building Better Health Care Teams","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1792,"description":"In this episode of Advancing Health Care Through Simulation, host Lisa George sits down with Sharla King, professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of Alberta and Program Director for the Master of Health Sciences Education program.\nWith more than 20 years of experience in interprofessional education (IPE), Sharla shares her journey into the field, her leadership in collaborative practice, and her ongoing work shaping how health professionals learn to work together effectively.\nThe conversation explores the evolution of interprofessional education from early classroom-based models to more integrated, experience-based learning that spans simulation and real-world clinical environments.\nKey themes in this episode include:\nhow interprofessional education often begins with curiosity and grows into a lifelong focus\nthe importance of building a “community of practice” across institutions and disciplines\nwhy resistance to IPE often stems from a lack of understanding, not opposition\npractical strategies for integrating collaboration into already full curricula\nthe shift toward embedding interprofessional learning across the full continuum from classroom to simulation to clinical practice\ninsights from research on assessing interprofessional competencies during clinical placements\nthe importance of clarity in expectations between students, educators, and preceptors\nsimple but powerful collaboration skills like perspective-taking, communication, and relationship-building\nhow curiosity and collaboration are the best entry points into research\nthe growing importance of educator identity and professional development in health education\nThis episode reinforces a simple but powerful idea: better collaboration in education leads to better collaboration in practice and ultimately, better patient care.\nAbout:\nNAIT Centre for Advanced Medical Simulation – Visit here\nThis series was produced by Road 55 in Edmonton, Alberta – Learn more at: road55.ca","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/rMDOfiwGoFs2dIN2hvQSbLwmwYS-gC3_5VIJqsGL3fk/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9kMGIx/MDA0OWIwNmFhM2Ew/ZjdmZTQ3Mzk5YjRi/MWRkNS5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}