The Jefferson Center for Interprofessional Practice & Education (JCIPE) launched its first program, Health Mentors, in 2007 with nearly 450 students from 4 health professions. Over the last 18 years, JCIPE has expanded its offerings, now delivering 16 programs and reaching over 2,300 students from 20 health professions each year. Growth has allowed for greater flexibility and options for professions to integrate IPE into their curricula and students to voluntarily participate in co-curricular or extra-curricular interprofessional (IP) learning activities. With expansion of offerings came the desire to create an IP curricular framework to organize IP learning activities in a way that sequences learning activities to support learners’ developmental progression, defines foundational requirements, enables tracking the progression of student mastery of IPEC competencies, and provides learners with flexibility and choice.
This presentation will share JCIPE's IP curricular framework—which categorizes IP learning activities by developmental level, from exposure, to immersion, and preparation for practice—and its theoretical underpinnings. The framework outlines foundational requirements to achieve basic proficiency in interprofessional collaborative practice (IPCP) for professional programs of various lengths as well as criteria to earn a certificate of excellence in IPCP.
We will describe lessons learned when implementing the framework and provide examples of how we collaborated with stakeholders to: (1) embed exposure activities across health profession programs; (2) incorporate mechanisms for achieving basic proficiency in IPCP into different health professions curricula; and (3) launch a certificate of excellence in IPCP.
Finally, we will present outcomes related to these aspects of implementing the curricular framework, including number of professions meeting requirements for basic proficiency in IPCP, number of students earning the certificate of excellence in IPCP, and number of students expressing interest in completing requirements for the certificate of excellence.
This talk addresses Summit Theme 6 by describing an IP curricular framework that guides student preparation for IPCP. It also addresses Summit Theme 5 by explaining how this curricular framework contributes to the development of future health and social care leaders by recognizing excellence in IPCP.
This talk provides attendees with examples of and strategies for implementing a similar theory-based framework at their own institutions.
In support of improving patient care, this activity is planned and implemented by The National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education Office of Interprofessional Continuing Professional Development (National Center OICPD). The National Center OICPD is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
As a Jointly Accredited Provider, the National Center is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. The National Center maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive continuing education credits.
The National Center OICPD (JA#: 4008105) is approved by the Board of Certification, Inc. to provide continuing education to Athletic Trainers (ATs).
This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credit for learning and change.
Physicians: The National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education designates this live activity for AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with their participation.
Physician Assistants: The American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA) accepts credit from organizations accredited by the ACCME.
Nurses: Participants will be awarded contact hours of credit for attendance at this workshop.
Nurse Practitioners: The American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Certification Program (AANPCP) accepts credit from organizations accredited by the ACCME and ANCC.
Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians: This activity is approved for contact hours.
Athletic Trainers: This program is eligible for Category A hours/CEUs. ATs should claim only those hours actually spent in the educational program.
Social Workers: As a Jointly Accredited Organization, the National Center is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. The National Center maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive continuing education credits.
IPCE: This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credits for learning and change.
Learners can claim CE credit by completing the Daily Evaluation.
