In this episode, team members from ASU’s Center for Advancing Interprofessional Practice, Education and Research (Michael Moramarco, Karen J. Saewert, and Jinnette Senecal) and special guest Barbara Maxwell (A.T. Still University - Mesa, AZ) explore the concept and characteristics of wicked problems in relation to health care systems. We discuss the multifaceted ways that interprofessional practice and education may provide a unique lens and set of strategies for approaching the wicked problem of achieving the quadruple aim. The conversation is anchored by select excerpts of conversations the CAIPER team held at the 2018 National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education’s Nexus Summit (MN).

Resources: - Health in America is a Wicked Problem - https://stakeholderhealth.org/wicked-problem/ - Is Teamwork the Solution to “Wicked” Health Care? - https://uofuhealth.utah.edu/accelerate/blog/2017/04/kyle-bradford-jones-is-teamwork-the-solution-to-wicked-health-care.php - Rittel, Horst, and Webber. (1973). Dilemmas in a General Theory of Planning. Policy Sciences 4, Elsevier Scientific Publishing, Amsterdam, pp. 155-159 - https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01405730 - Roberts, N.C. (2000). "Wicked Problems and Network Approaches to Resolution". International Public Management Review. International Public Management Network. 1 (1) http://journals.sfu.ca/ipmr/index.php/ipmr/article/view/175/175 - Sykes, Sam [@SamSykesSwears]. (2018, August 22). every day that spiders have not grown wings is a good day [Tweet]. Retrieved from https://twitter.com/SamSykesSwears/status/1032196664470061057 - Wicked Problem (Wikipedia) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wicked_problem - World Coordinating Committee All Together Better Health - http://www.atbh.org/about-us.html

The CAIPER team would like to extend a sincere note of gratitude and recognition to those who sat down with us at the 2018 Nexus Summit and provided interviews for this episode (in order of appearance):

1. Dr. Barbara Brandt, Director, National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education, University of Minnesota
2. Dr. Claudia Chaperon*, Associate Professor, University of Nebraska Medical Center
3. Dr. Erin Appelt, Professor of Practice, Midwestern University
4. Dr. Oaklee Rogers, Chair, Occupational Therapy, Assistant Clinical Professor, Northern Arizona University
5. Dr. Lillee Smith Gelinas, Senior Fellow Nurse Executive, Institute for Patient Safety, University of North Texas Health Science Center
6. Stephanie Lackey, Project Coordinator, Accelerating Grant Initiative, National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education, University of Minnesota
7. Dr. Joy Doll, Associate Professor, Creighton University
8. Dr. Barbara Maxwell, Professor and University Director of Interprofessional Education and Collaboration, A.T. Still University
9. Dr. Shelly Cohen-Conrad, Professor and Director, School of Social Work and the Interprofessional Education Collaborative, University of New England
10. Dr. George M. Thibault, President Emeritus, Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation

And finally, a special note of thanks to Aaron Kraft (ASU), for assistance with the media production process during studio recording, and Ricardo Leon (ASU), for series development consultation and on-site conference recording support.

*“The Accelerating Interprofessional Community-based Education Practice Grant is supported by the National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education with funding and in collaboration with Robert Johnson Foundation, the John A. Hartford Foundation, the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation and the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. More information about the National Center can be found at nexusipe.org. This content and opinions are those of the author and should be construed as the official policy of, nor should any endorsements be inferred by the National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education or any of the National Center’s private founders or funders.”