COHP IPE Academy Vision and Mission
VISION:
A Nationally recognized program Educating, Training and Preparing the gold standard future healthcare interprofessional team structured systematically to ensure excellence, equity, diversity and inclusion for South Texas families and beyond. Unidos por su salud!
MISSION:
The COHP IPE Academy’s Mission is to lead the transformation of Interprofessional Education through a comprehensive program of rigorous scholarship, clinical and community partnerships, provision of validated curriculum resources and IPE training for faculty and students to prepare tomorrow’s knowledgeable and professional healthcare team with an approach that envelops equity, cultural competence, and inclusion for the team members and the patients they will serve
Goals:
(1) To train future healthcare professionals who will promote quality health outcomes and advocate for patient/client safety
(2) To train future healthcare professionals to address health disparities, language barriers and health literacy that affect the dynamics of healthcare in South Texas border Rio Grande Valley (RGV) region
(3) To provide educators with validated curriculum resources
(4) Provide training opportunities for faculty, staff and students in the community, clinic and classroom
(5) To initiate innovative clinical Interprofessional collaborative practice (IPCP) approaches with clinical and community partners to achieve a common goal
(6) to create the knowledgebase for IPE and IPCP
(7) to foster a commitment for effective communication and interprofessional collaboration for tomorrow’s healthcare team