Our collaborative work today stands upon the shoulders of visionaries from the past century who held big ideas, hopes, and dreams to change their status quo to make the world a better place for today’s generations and for our future. For the National Center, the past is becoming present and future while working with IPE Pioneer, Dr. Dewitt (Bud) Baldwin, to archive his collection of decades of interprofessional education and collaborative practice papers, reports and memories from his career…

Facilitator:  Christine Arenson, MD, Co-Director, National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education   It is a bold vision to consider how to redesign healthcare to meet the changing needs of society, including increasingly complex care that is influenced by social determinants of health, health equity and…

Facilitator:  Shelley Cohen Konrad, PhD, LCSW, FNAP Director, Center for Excellence in Collaborative Education, University of New England   How do we, as members of the healthcare community, focus on what matters most to…

Since the murder of George Floyd on May 25, 2020, there has been a renewed interest in better understanding the roots of racism and discrimination in the United States.  These conversations focus on the importance of diversity, equity and inclusion, particularly in the workplace and in healthcare.  The role of structural racism, which is defined by Dr. Camara Jones as, …

An increasing number of national and international imperatives12 identify interprofessional collaborative practice and education transformation as a primary strategy to improve healthcare outcomes, especially among those who experience inequities in their ability to achieve their full health potential. These imperatives often don’t address the practical barriers healthcare teams face in collecting the data needed to understand the…

In this session, a panel of representatives from the National Collaborative for Improving the Clinical Learning Environment (NCICLE) highlight the newly released NCICLE Pathways to Excellence--a tool for promoting discussions and actions to optimize the interprofessional clinical learning environment (CLE). The panelists will introduce the document and share examples of its application as a tool to assist the health professions as they engage in…