"Interprofessional education (IPE) occurs when students, or members from two or more professions learn about, from and with each other to enable effective collaboration and improve health outcomes and services. Interprofessional education is a necessary step in preparing a “collaborative practice-ready” health workforce that is better prepared to respond to local health needs. A collaborative practice-ready health worker is someone who has learned how to work in an interprofessional collaborative team and is competent to do so." 

Source: World Health Organization (WHO). (2010). Framework for action on interprofessional education & collaborative practice. 

1. Values/Ethics for Interprofessional Practice
2. Roles/Responsibilities
3. Interprofessional Communication
4. Teams and Teamwork

See the full Interprofessional Education Collaborative (IPEC) Core Competencies for Interprofessional Collaborative Practice.

ACAPT members approved this motion for IPEC core competencies in October 2013.

The Commission on Accreditation in  Physical Therapy Education (CAPTE) has standards related to interprofessional education (IPE) and competencies with the expectation that PT educational programs will provide both didactic and clinical experiences that involve students from multiple disciplines. See the following sections of the CAPTE doc for IPE info: 6F (page 20), 6L3 (page 24), 7D7 (page 24), 7D28 (page 29), 7D37 (page 30), and 7D39 (page 30). 

Integrating & Assessing CAPTE Interprofessional Educational Standards in the Clinic - 2016 ELC presentation

Learning together at the NEXUS summit

Annual Heartland Interprofessional Education (HIPE) Conference

Texas Interprofessional Education (IPE) Consortium

National Academies of Practice (NAP Forum)

European Conference on Interprofessional Practice & Education (EIPEN)

Collaborating Across Borders (CAB) Conference in May 2023 - premier Canada-United States joint biennial conference - for educators, clinicians, researchers, policy makers & students  

NEXUS T3 train-the-trainer - interprofessional faculty team development program with multiple workshops annually. Workshops are comprehensive interactive learning opportunities with a focus on IPE and practice. 3.5 day workshops are hosted at 3 university sites across the country.

Nexus Real Stories with Real Impacts: What Worked for Accelerating Initiative Teams – a series of virtual webinars provide insight into how selected sites addressed the gap between health professions education and health care delivery in a community setting.

Interprofessional Education Collaborative (IPEC) conferences & webinars.  ACAPT has an IPEC membership, so ACAPT member institutions can receive the IPEC member rate.

University of Toronto Center for Interprofessional Education

National Center for Interprofessional Practice & Education (NEXUS)

• NEXUS assessment & evaluation - great resource for information and webinars
• NEXUS assessment tool - with ability to search and filter based on specific inquiries
• NEXUS assessment practical guide - look at volume 2 & 3 in particular
• NEXUS directory
• NEXUS resource tool

Seminal IPE assessment articles

Interprofessional Education & Patient Care: A Scoping Review

IPEC Core Competencies Revision, 2021-2023 

Development and Validation of the IPEC Institutional Assessment Instrument - 2022

An exploratory study of an assessment tool derived from the competencies of the interprofessional education collaborative - 2013

Measuring the impact of interprofessional education on collaborative practice and patient outcomes - 2015

Interprofessional Education and Practice Guide No. 3: Evaluating interprofessional education - February 2015

More recent IPE assessment articles

The evidence base for interprofessional education within health professions education: A protocol for an update review

An exploratory, cross-sectional and multi-institutional study using three instruments to examine student perceptions of interprofessional education - May 2021

Students' perceptions of training and experiences with interpreters in a pro bono physical therapy setting - May 2021

Validity evidence and use of the IPEC Competency Self-Assessment, Version 3 - Jan-Feb 2021

Health care students' perceptions about learning of affective interpersonal communication competence in interprofessional simulations - Nov 2020

An integrative review of interprofessional collaboration in health care: Building the case for university support and resources and faculty engagement - Oct 2020

Impact of interprofessional embedding of physical therapy in a primary care training clinic - Sept 2020

Knowledge & attitudes of physical therapy students across a longitudinal healthcare systems-focused patient safety curriculum - Summer 2020

How interprofessional collaborative practice can help dismantle systemic racism - July 2020

Assessment of interprofessional competence in undergraduate health professions education: protocol for a systematic review of self-report instruments - June 2020

Revisiting the attitudes toward health care teams scale: Developing a short version for graduate health care education - April 2020

Physical therapy and pharmacy interprofessional education in the context of a university pro bono physical therapy setting - Sept 2019

Student perceptions of collaboration skills in an interprofessional context: Development and initial validation of the self-assessed collaboration skills instrument - December 2019

More IPE published articles

• Interprofessional Collaborator Assessment Rubric - ICAR
• Performance Assessment of Communication and Teamwork (PCAT) Tool Set
• Interprofessional Professionalism Assessment (IPA) Instrument
• Interprofessional Education Assessment and Planning Instrument for Academic Institutions
• The Interprofessional Collaborative Competencies Attainment Survey (ICCAS)

• AAMC MedEd IPE portal
• Canadian Interprofessional Health Collaborative (CIHC) inventory of quantitative tools to measure IPE & collaborative model outcomes
  • CIHC program evaluation for interprofessional initiatives
• Assessing health care team performance: A review of tools and the evidence supporting their use
  
• Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) interprofessional practice, education and team science: Measurement tools
• Towards validating a tooklit of bilingual interprofessional healthcare education assessment tools: data
• Evaluating IPE and collaborative practice:Considerations when selecting a measurement tool

Continuing education

Preceptors in the NEXUS toolkit - includes faculty development modules/materials. NIPEC particularly recommends:

• Preceptor as Learner - blue modules I-V
• Preceptor as Interprofesional Educator - green module I + education tools
• Practice transformation tools (preceptor as interprofessional champion)
• Note: To access many of these NEXUS faculty/preceptor development resources, you must first create a free account or become a member for free.

Center for Medical Simulation - focuses on effective simulation debriefing, but principles can be applied to a variety of situations (e.g. classroom discussion, practical exams, general conversations, etc). NIPEC highly recommends:

• Comprehensive instructor workshop 
• Gateway debriefing skills workshop
• Debriefing resources (*note the JW Rudolph article is a valuable introduction to debriefing for any faculty person).

TeamSTEPPS Master Training Course

American Interprofessional Health Collaborative (AIHC) interprofessional webinar series

American Association of Medical Colleges(AAMC) MedED portal - IPE directory

Faculty development literature

• Fostering an interprofessional learning community of scholars: A model for contemporary faculty development  - June 2021
  • Inspired by learning communities, an evidence-based solution to combat faculty burnout, the University of Kentucky Center for Interprofessional Health Education's Faculty Fellows and Associates Program offers a novel approach to contemporary faculty development. The Program utilizes minimal financial resources and modest staff support to accomplish its main objectives: identify and recognize IPE champions, promote and support faculty interprofessional education (IPE) contributions, and demonstrate ongoing institutional commitment to faculty development, engagement, and support. This model simultaneously honors faculty IPE contributions and offers robust professional development, while effectively promoting IPE broadly. To date, members from thirteen different colleges and departments have leveraged the program to create numerous scholarly presentations and publications as well as a broad variety of other creative work. The benefits of the Fellows and Associates Program extend to the next generation of health care providers, the students ultimately inspired by these IPE champions.
• Interprofessional Education and Practice Guide No. 1: Developing faculty to effectively facilitate interprofessional education (2015)
• Core entrustable professional activities for entering residency (2017)
• Entrustable professional activities as a framework for continued professional competence: Is now the time? (2017)

Sample faculty development tools 

• University of Washington faculty training toolkit
• University of Kansas Center for Interprofessional Education
• University of Minnesota Academic Health Center Office of Education

COVID-19: Interprofessional Considerations - 24 papers in this themed 2020 issue of Journal of Interprofessional Care

Tips for converting interprofessional education sessions from in-person to remote synchronous formats for experiential learning - March 2021

Overcoming logistical hurdles is not new when planning interprofessional education (IPE) activities. When COVID-19 forced students out of traditional educational environments into learning remotely, additional challenges were thrust upon IPE. This article provides tips to help faculty who must rapidly transition what had been in-person, face-to-face IPE activities to remote, synchronous instructional modes that are interactive, engaging, meet objectives, and encourage subsequent application of knowledge learned. It is hoped that the practical tips presented here will serve as a guide for others to implement effective and engaging IPE sessions delivered remotely to learners.

Evaluation of an interprofessional learning experience for telephone consultations - Feb 2021

The COVID-19 crisis silver lining: interprofessional education to guide future innovation - published August 2020

Qualitative and quantitative evaluation of an interprofessional workshop between physical therapy and medical students - December 2019

Examining changes in interprofessional attitudes associated with virtual interprofessional training - published August 2019

The feasibility and acceptability of using virtual world technology for interprofessional education in palliative care: a mixed methods study  - published August 2019

Interprofessional education and practice guide No. 10: Developing, supporting and sustaining a team of facilitators in online interprofessional education - published July 2019

Notes from the field: Evaluating a budget-based approach to peer assessment for measuring collaboration among learners on interprofessional teams - January 2019

The use of virtual communities of practice to improve interprofessional collaboration and education: findings from an integrated review - published November 2017

A virtual patient educational activity to improve interprofessional competencies: A randomized trial - November 2014

Virtual patient care: an interprofessional education approach for physician assistant, physical therapy and occupational therapy students - published March 2014

Facilitators' experience of delivering asynchronous and synchronous online interprofessional education - May 2014

Students' perceptions of interprofessional learning through facilitated online learning modules - August 2010

Online interprofessional learning: the student experience - July 2009

Addressing interprofessional practice in clinical education - March 2022