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Welcome to the College of Health Profession’s Interprofessional Education  Academy Website!

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Dr. Lydia Aguilera, Associate Dean for IPE and Special Projects


Today’s healthcare incorporates a team-based approach to addressing patient care to improve health outcomes.  This team includes the patient, the patient’s family/caregivers, and the patient’s healthcare providers.  According to the WHO document Framework for Action on Interprofessional Education (IPE), “Collaborative practice happens when multiple health workers from different professional backgrounds work together with patients [and their caregivers] to deliver the highest quality of care.” 

It stands to reason that healthcare professional students should have IPE opportunities so that they will be prepared to work competently in collaborative practice settings. According to the WHO’s Framework for Action for IPE,” Interprofessional Education occurs when students from two or more professions learn about, from and with each other to enable effective collaboration and improve health outcomes.” Interprofessional collaborative practice occurs when multiple health professionals work together to assess, plan and execute health interventions for optimal patient healthcare outcomes. The Institute of Medicine describes these outcomes as including enhanced quality of patient care, lower costs, decreased length of stays, and a reduction in medication errors.

The COHP IPE team believes that IPE is vital to the knowledge and training, for a collaborative practice-ready health professions workforce focused on responsible healthcare. The geographical location of The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley’s College of Health Professions (COHP) along the Texas-Mexico border requires the IPE training will be distinguished by the inclusion of training that addresses low literacy, high poverty, and a population where Spanish is the primary language of the majority. 

 


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

(1) To train future healthcare professionals who will promote quality health outcomes and advocate for patient/client safety via interprofessional team strategies

(2) To train future healthcare professionals to serve on interprofessional teams that 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 in interprofessional education

(4) Provide IPE training opportunities and recognition for faculty, staff and students in the community, clinical practice and classroom

(5) To initiate innovative clinical Interprofessional collaborative practice (IPCP)  approaches with clinical and community partners to achieve a common goal

(6) To Promote and disseminate IPE/IPP scholarship

(7) To foster a commitment for effective communication and interprofessional collaboration for tomorrow’s healthcare team

Dr. Eva Anger, Occupational Therapy, Chair

Professor Norma Beardwood-Roper, Health and Biomedical Science, Committee member

Professor David Garcia, Health and Human Performance, Committee member

Professor Doreen Garza, Border Health Office, Committee member

Professor Leo Longoria, Communication Science and Disorder, Committee member

Dr. Diana Paz, Physician Assistant Studies, Committee member

Professor Billy Perez, Health and Human Performance, Committee member

Professor Blanca Robles, School of Rehabilitative Services and Counseling, Committee Member

Dr. Lin Wang, Associate Dean for Student Success, Committee Member

Dr. Lydia Aguilera, Associate Dean for Interprofessional Education, Committee Member

National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education: The National Center is charged with providing the leadership, evidence and resources needed to guide the nation on interprofessional education and collaborative practice. In that pursuit, we aim to challenge tradition and create a deeply connected, integrated learning system that will transform education and care together.

Go to https://nexusipe.org/ (Links to an external site.) and register for a free account. 

The Institute for Healthcare Improvement: IHI is a recognized innovator, convener, and generous leader, a trustworthy partner, and the first place to turn for expertise, help, and encouragement for anyone, anywhere who wants to profoundly change health and health care for the better.

Go to http://www.ihi.org/ (Links to an external site.) and register for a free account. 

Interprofessional Education Collaborative: IPEC’s mission is to ensure that new and current health professionals are proficient in the competencies essential for patient-centered, community- and population-oriented, interprofessional, collaborative practice.

Go to https://www.ipecollaborative.org/resources (Links to an external site.) for introductory resources. 

Texas IPE Consortium-  https://app4.ttuhsc.edu/texasipeconsortium/ Initially founded to share institutional IPE initiatives, experiences, and lessons-learned across the state of Texas.  Today the initiativs of the consortium now includes all the original elements and additionally incorporates sharing innovations, curriculum development, research efforts, guidelines, assessment tools, learning objectives, training materials, opportunities for training faculty and preceptors.

AHRQ TeamSTEPPS Resources

https://www.ahrq.gov/teamstepps/index.html

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