Each semester the Center for Health Sciences hosts interprofessional education activities for students in the health sciences fields. This includes the Colleges of Nursing, Pharmacy and Allied Health, which houses the Physician Assistant, Physical Therapy, Communication Sciences and Disorders, Strength and Conditioning, and Cardiac Function and Interventional Technology programs. Interprofessional Education (IPE) events are designed to create an opportunity for future health care professionals to develop collaborative practice skills with other professions.
What is IPE?
When those in two or more professions learn about, from and with each other to enable effective collaboration and improve outcomes for individuals and families whom they serve.
Our Mission
To prepare students as Christian servant leaders working as members of a collaborative health care team to improve patient wellness and clinical outcomes
Core Competencies
Each graduate will be competent in the following domains: Roles and Responsibilities, Communication, Values and Ethics, and Teamwork.
Event Registration
The Office of Interprofessional Education offers a multitude of both in-person and virtual collaborative events throughout the school year such as: health screenings, acute care simulations, case presentations, special topic courses, gross anatomy labs, poverty simulations, disaster drills, virtual home assessments, cerebral vascular accident symposiums, telemedicine programs, IPE escape rooms, Night at the Roundtable events, Lunch & Learn events and IPE Movie Nights.
Some of the Faculty Committee
Debbie Knight, Pharm.D., CDP
Interprofessional Education and Co-Curricular Coordinator for Center for Health Sciences (CHS)
Professor
Melanie Meeker, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
Professor and Chair
Brian Cox, M.S., M.S.E., ATC, LAT
Assistant Professor
Melissa Shipp, Pharm.D., BCPS
Associate Professor
Mary Madill, PA-C
Associate Professor
Chair and Program Director
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