From Concept to Curriculum: Guiding Principles for Implementing Interprofessional Education and Lessons Learned from Big 10 Institutions

This active engagement seminar is designed to guide participants through tangible considerations in the development, implementation, and evolution of quality interprofessional education (IPE) at an academic institution or clinical training site. Guidance from the Health Professions Accreditors Collaborative (HPAC) and National Collaborative to Improve the Clinical Learning Environment (NCICLE) will be applied within participants’ institutional/organizational context to identify strategies and frameworks for implementing, evaluating, and refining systematic IPE approaches and plans. Given the dynamic landscape of health professions education and healthcare, it is imperative that academic and clinical partners leverage national frameworks and collective lessons learned to advance local IPE efforts to prepare a collaborative practice-ready workforce. This seminar embodies the Nexus Summit theme to prepare students for interprofessional collaborative practice along the learning continuum from foundational education through the academic-clinical nexus and into practice. Institutions and organizations just beginning their IPE journey, adapting to changes in resources or policies, or undergoing IPE leadership or champion turnover will benefit from this structured seminar session. Participants will leave with practical knowledge and immediately actionable steps to move the needle on IPE, meeting them where they are to maximize relevance. As a bonus, a variety of models and associated successes and challenges will be shared by more than five Big 10 institutions with varying demographics. The broad applicability of this session supports summit priority criteria to advance IPE quality by empowering attendees to establish clear measurable learning outcomes and build IPE in any population setting, including rural and underserved areas. Active learning tools include a personal guided worksheet, group consensus/sharing platforms, and chat, with the potential for breakout rooms to further enhance these modalities depending on participant volume.
After attending this session, participants will be able to:
Apply national guiding criteria and frameworks to the overall IPE curriculum plan (existing or envisioned) within their institutional/organizational context.
Describe a plan and/or begin to draft or revise their (existing or envisioned) IPE program’s rationale, outcome-based goals, deliberate design, and assessment and evaluation plan in the academic and/or clinical learning environment to take back to their home institution/organization to discuss, enact, and advocate for quality IPE efforts.
Compare and contrast successes, challenges, barriers, facilitators, and opportunities across presenting institutions and participant colleagues to inform their contextual strategies and expand their IPE networks.