Beth
Davis,
PT, DPT, MBA, FNAP
Emory University
GA,
United States
Beth Davis, PT, DPT, MBA, FNAP, Associate Professor, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Emory University, has been a leader in developing, implementing, and sustaining the interprofessional education activities for healthcare professions students in Emory’s Interprofessional Team Training Program since joining the faculty in 2008. Nationally, she engages interdisciplinary faculty across universities and programs in the work of IPE/C through teaching, scholarship, and service. A founding member of the National Interprofessional Education Consortium and a Fellow of the National Academies of Practice, she is committed to IPE/C development and dissemination of information to improve healthcare quality and outcomes.
Presenting at CAB 2025:
IPE research should answer meaningful questions and utilize appropriate research designs and conceptual framing. The purpose of this session is to bring novice educational researchers to the next level based on individualized goals. Participants will build on their IPE research question of interest in a participatory workshop with research mentors that leads to a plan of action for each participant.
IPE-ACTS is Emory’s interprofessional education program for students in the schools of nursing, medicine, and public health. IPE-ACTS allows students to focus on an issue impacting the health of Atlanta and work together using IPEC Core Competencies to create a novel approach to improve the health of vulnerable Atlanta communities.
Preparing faculty and clinicians to teach IPE/CP is vital for successful initiatives. This scoping review highlights variability in IPE faculty development methods and assessments, emphasizing the need for standardized tools. It explores current practices and recommends steps to enhance IPE faculty training in health professions’ education programs
The IPE program has provided a generation of students with a strong basis of teamwork and communication skills that form a foundation for collaborative practice. The future will focus is on translation to collaborative practice skills in the clinical environment. The program's success highlights the importance of teamwork and communication in healthcare education.