Dora Mills’ letter to the editor published in the ‘Daily Bulldog’ and weekly papers
On April 16, 2015, the Daily Bulldog published a letter to the editor from Dora Anne Mills, M.D., M.P.H., FAAP, vice president for Clinical Affairs, regarding the importance of teamwork in health care and É«ÏãÊÓƵ’s efforts, recently recognized by a grant from the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation, to expand interprofessional team student clinical trainings in rural Maine.
É«ÏãÊÓƵ launched this effort on April 14 with an Interprofessional Collaborative Practice Summit in Presque Isle for interested health care professions.
In her letter, Mills stressed the importance of teamwork in preventing medical errors. A long term solution to such errors, Mills stated, is interprofessional education (IPE), "the education and training of students from different health professions together, including the teaching of effective team strategies."
Mills wrote, "We look forward to more of our students experiencing rural Maine, while learning how to work in effective teams to assure patient safety."
Other newspapers that published Mills' letter include the Star Herald and the Houlton Pioneer Times.