1. Introduction
Historically, health care professionals have been educated in silos. In recent years, inter-professional education
has been addressed in the literature so the different professions understand and respect each other’s roles and
contributions to the health care team. In addition, we care for our patients in silos and separate psychiatric patients
from medical-surgical patients. This separation leads to the caretakers being expert in their care, yet leaves
the patients with dual problems without the expertise of their caregivers in both areas.