To develop a workforce across professions and communities to improve population and individual health outcomes. We train future health and social care professionals to work in high-quality relationship-centered, interprofessional care teams. We do this through programming 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.“

IU IPE’s innovative TEACH 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 discipline plays in the health and wellbeing 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.

The IU IPE programming options are not limited to the TEACH curriculum. Faculty and students are invited to participate in a variety of collaborative activities. 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 partner with other university stakeholders to create programming related to Precision Health, the IU IPE Certificate Series, and faculty development programs.