Background: Interprofessional education (IPE) is recommended by the IOM and mandated by most accreditors to promote competencies that will enable health professional learners to become effective health care team members. In addition to required IPE activities, students may have opportunities for electives, including global health trips that provide direct medical care and healthcare education to underserved, rural populations outside the US, where teamwork may differ from the US healthcare…

Background: UNC Healthcare Rehabilitation Therapies hosts hundreds of students on an annual basis from physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, child life, rehabilitation counseling, and recreational therapy programs across the state. A primary goal of the department is to introduce these students to interprofessional collaborative practice and the importance of this practice for improving quality patient care through interprofessional practice. The purpose of the project is…

Recent updates to health care education accreditation standards and best practice guidelines suggest that health care practitioner education needs to evolve to provide meaningful interprofessional education (IPE) opportunities for students. As a university, Touro University Nevada took on this challenge using a unique and creative approach, the creation of an accessible carnival for children with developmental disabilities. This IPE experience provided future graduates with the opportunity…

We started our journey to learn about moral distress and moral injury in early 2019. Our impetus at the time was to understand the experience of community health teams who felt they were not doing all they could for their patients. We had no idea that this work would take us from our emphasis on providing strategies for care teams working with vulnerable populations to supporting healthcare providers on the frontlines of a global pandemic. Moral distress and moral injury…

The impact of introductory experiences on student attitudes about IPE has been demonstrated in a variety of institutional settings and health science professions. Typically, the effectiveness of IPE experiences has been assessed within a single cohort. The aim of this study was to investigate the potential effect of cohort on student attitudes about IPE following an online introductory IPE course delivered to different student cohorts.   At the University of Michigan, an…

Background Most universities and university colleges provide interprofessional (IP) courses for their students, and many countries have regulations requiring higher educational institutions to provide IP courses. While described learning outcomes are often similar across the institutions, the course design varies considerably from site to site. The aim was to compare students’ learning outcomes as measured by the Interprofessional Collaborative Competencies Attainment Survey…

Background: Emerging models of care highlight the importance of interprofessional collaboration (IPC) and research demonstrates the bidirectional relationship between oral health and systemic disease. This is an ideal opportunity to incorporate oral health into interprofessional education (IPE) learning activities. Focusing on preventive health through oral care in IPE activities improves patient outcomes, decreases medical costs, and improves the health of the population. …