Anthony
Breitbach,
PhD, ATC, FASAHP, FNAP
Saint Louis University
MO,
United States
Dr. Anthony Breitbach is a Professor, Certified Athletic Trainer and Director of Interprofessional Education at Saint Louis University. He is an Association of Schools Advancing Health Professions (ASAHP) Fellow and chairs their Interprofessional Committee as well as representing them on Interprofessional Education Collaborative (IPEC) where he served as an author for the 3rd Edition of the IPEC Core Competencies in 2023. Dr. Breitbach is a Distinguished Fellow and serves as President of the National Academies of Practice (NAP) after serving as President-Elect the inaugural Chair of the NAP Athletic Training Academy. He is Deputy Chair of the Board for Interprofessional.Global and Chairs the International Committee of the Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education (CAATE). Dr. Breitbach is an Associate Editor for the Journal of Interprofessional Care, Frontiers in Medicine and Frontiers in Public Health Education and Promotion. He is President of the Alpha Eta Honor Society and is a Peer Reviewer for the Higher Learning Commission.
Presenting at CAB 2025:
This session explores the updated IPEC Core Competencies, focusing on their application in diverse learning environments. Through brief theory-based learning, interactive roundtable discussions, and a group debrief, participants will share strategies for implementation, assess impact, and identify solutions to barriers, ensuring practical, real-world integration of collaborative healthcare practices.
Using retrospective case studies of two university-wide IPE programs, participants discern best practices in immersive experiential learning that ultimately translates into lifelong learning and workforce development. Participants identify characteristics that deeply engage students from all professions, synthesize best practices, and pinpoint enabling and distracting factors affecting outcomes.