Sessions

This workshop introduces health professions faculty to the Interprofessional Toy Fair and Expo model, an entry-to-practice IPE activity focused on community engagement. Participants will learn to design similar initiatives addressing social determinants of health, apply the IPEC Core Competencies, and develop interprofessional activities that impact communities and enhance learner outcomes.

Increasing interprofessional practice is an example of an implementation science challenge where the evidence for optimal interprofessional care may be challenging to implement into practice. This session explores that challenge and seeks to identify approaches to help attendees better integrate interprofessional practice into clinical settings.

Explore practical strategies for building sustainable community health partnerships using the University of Michigan's Interprofessional Toolkit. Participants will be guided in planning, implementing, and evaluating community partnerships and educational experiences through site selection, needs assessments, and action plan development, fostering deeper community engagement while enhancing health profession learners’ outcomes.

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.

If you are involved in interprofessional learning in the education or practice setting, you are welcome to join this interactive workshop. You will learn how to transition a traditional content focused interprofessional curriculum to a truly competency-based curriculum, using your own national competencies. Aligning and using evidence-based theories and models to shape curricular design, delivery and evaluation. This is a hands-on participatory workshop where you will have the opportunity to compare traditional and competency-based curricular models, identify the essential components of a competency-based interprofessional curriculum, and start your own build through formulating draft competency trajectories for your learners.

A swift and collaborative response during an emergency is a tough skill that is best learned by hands-on practice and one that has become a key focus in competency-based healthcare curriculum. Participants will actively engage in a Tabletop Incident Command simulation that concentrates on advanced preparedness during a natural disaster and public health emergency, namely a tornado scenario that affects a rural critical access hospital.

Leadership training under one roof for an interprofessional team is vital because it fosters a unified understanding of roles, enhances communication, builds trust, and promotes a collaborative environment. These factors contribute to a more cohesive and effective team, which is crucial for improving patient care, driving innovation, and achieving optimal health outcomes.

This workshop explores strategies for systematic and longitudinal assessment and evaluation of IPE programs, focusing on learner outcomes, collaborative skills, and program effectiveness. Participants will engage in interactive activities to design robust assessment frameworks, enhancing their ability to evaluate and refine IPE curricula to meet accreditation standards and improve educational practices.