Our mission is to improve the lives of people and populations. We achieve this through creating programming and curriculum designed to help students develop interprofessional collaborative practice competencies, including:

• Understanding the roles and responsibilities of team members;
• Collaborate across organizational structures to overcome implicit bias and professional hierarchy;
• Communicate across professions and cultures;
• Use specific tools to work together effectively.“

The Interprofessional Core Curriculum exposes students to environments outside of their own profession-specific education to experience working and collaborating with other professions. Developing their communication and team skills, enhancing their understanding of the roles each play in the health and well-being of individuals and populations, and developing the values and ethics for collaborative practice. Such engagement during their professional education program has been shown to enhance job satisfaction and result in better outcomes for patients and populations.

IU IPEs' programming options are not limited to the Interprofessional Core Curriculum. Faculty and students are invited to participate in a variety of collaborative experiences. Faculty development events further understanding of what interprofessional education is and how it transitions into interprofessional practice.

Our dynamic programming includes professional leadership development, Grand Rounds assemblies, workshops for current and future healthcare professionals, and Project ECHO sessions. We work with partners to create experiences like the Veterans Trauma and Transparency Program, the Cycles of Addiction Experience, and limited engagement opportunities.