Saint Louis University (SLU) integrated IPE learning into baccalaureate Nursing and Health Sciences programs in 2006 as a
Concentration in IP Practice, and Minor in IP Practice in 2011. SLU IPE has consistently focused on IPP to advance the Triple Aim,
and now the Quadruple Aim. This initiative expands the professions, faculty, learners and community partners involved to address
big-topic issues in our community, regionally, and nationally. SLU has recently approved a new Core Curriculum framework. To
enhance sustainability of IPE programs at the undergraduate level, this committee of four faculty, representing the four health
professions colleges, were charged with developing a new model for integrating IPE into the University Core Curriculum. This
required new engagement as a team, with college deans (medicine, nursing, health sciences and public health/social work), the
Director of the Core, and Core Curriculum Committee Members. Our committee maintained a professional development and
leadership development approach throughout this process. Participants attending this session will learn how IPE integrates IP learning
across the University to improve better care, better value, and better education of collaboration-ready leaders addressing community
priority needs. We will outline the process of the IPE-Core Integration as we strengthened teamwork process and outcomes of shared
goals, clear roles, mutual trust, effective communication, and measurable outcomes. The result is a broader vision of IPCP and
Effective Teamwork to engage interests and needs of professions outside of healthcare. We built upon the strengths of wellestablished
IPE programs, utilized the IOM framework for IPE/CP, and mapped IPEC Core Competencies with SLU Learning
Outcomes. We will discuss new shared-learning experience outcomes as well as a three-tier IPP program that retains the IP
Concentration and Minor, now open to more students. Finally, we will share next steps that may enable IPCP to become a hallmark of
all SLU graduates.
In support of improving patient care, this activity is planned and implemented by The National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education. The National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
As a Jointly Accredited Provider, the National Center is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. The National Center maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive continuing education credits.
This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credit for learning and change.
