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September

Medical errors can be prevented through strong safety awareness and proactive programs that identify risks and mitigate harm. This interprofessional simulation engages healthcare learners in team-based safety training using standardized patients (SPs). Participants work together to recognize potential hazards, explore the root causes of medical errors, and practice open communication with patients’ families through a Communication and Resolution Program (CRP) approach. By fostering collaboration across professions, this experience emphasizes the shared responsibility of healthcare teams to protect patients, support families, and promote a culture of safety.

October

The Interprofessional Toy Fair and Expo is an in-person community-engaged learning experience where learners can demonstrate their competence in the IPEC Core Competencies within an authentic experiential/clinical environment. Furthermore, it fosters interprofessional learning by bringing together teams of learners from various healthcare professions to collaborate on addressing community challenges. This event also grants families access to interprofessional healthcare professionals and educational resources they might not otherwise have, ultimately enhancing overall population health and well-being. This semester-long IPE experience for learners culminates in an in-person community engagement event in Lubbock. The Ï㽶ֱ²¥ Interprofessional Toy Fair & Expo, in partnership with Early Childhood Intervention (ECI) is held annually each fall for children birth to age 3, who receive early intervention services.

November

The IPE Fall Symposium offers a case-based learning experience at the exposure level of IPE integration. Each year, the symposium's topic is carefully chosen by an interprofessional planning committee, considering critical and emerging healthcare and public health crises relevant to various healthcare professions.

February

Emergency Preparedness in Communities (EPIC) Day is a team-building and small group IPE learning experience at the exposure level of IPE integration. Each year an interprofessional planning committee carefully selects the disaster-related topic based on recent and significant events impacting public health and safety. The primary goal of this IPE experience is to enhance interprofessional communication and teamwork skills within the context of public health emergencies, with a particular emphasis on community resources, policy development, action planning, and population health.

March

Disaster Day: An Interprofessional Mass Casualty Simulation is a simulation learning experience at the immersion level of IPE integration. Teams of interprofessional students will practice the basics of mass casualty triage and apply assessment, reasoning, and decision-making skills during an emergency to facilitate and optimize collaboration through teamwork, communication, values/ethics, and understanding of roles/responsibilities. During the event, interprofessional student teams will come together to diagnose, treat, and care for volunteer patients and populations affected by a natural disaster.

March

Disaster Day: An Interprofessional Mass Casualty Simulation is a simulation learning experience at the immersion level of IPE integration. Teams of interprofessional students will practice the basics of mass casualty triage and apply assessment, reasoning, and decision-making skills during an emergency to facilitate and optimize collaboration through teamwork, communication, values/ethics, and understanding of roles/responsibilities. During the event, interprofessional student teams will come together to diagnose, treat, and care for volunteer patients and populations affected by a natural disaster.

June

Shatter the Stigma: An Interprofessional Simulation with Standardized Patients is a simulation learning activity at the immersion level of IPE integration. According to the CDC, fatal drug overdose in the US is considered a public health crisis. Because healthcare professionals are typically the first points of contact for a person with a substance use disorder (SUD), training and awareness programs are critical components in reducing the potential for stigma and negative bias, as well as reducing issues of discrimination and marginalization that limit the willingness of individuals with SUDs to seek treatment. Additionally, the stigma around SUDs can negatively influence healthcare professionals' and teams’ perceptions of people with SUDs, impacting the type, frequency, and quality of care they provide. This virtual standardized patient (SP) simulation provides teams of learners from diverse professional backgrounds an opportunity to take the first step in shattering the stigma of SUDs by learning and practicing destigmatizing language and patient interviewing techniques. The collaborative event allows learners to engage in team-based problem-solving exercises that lead to a breakdown of stigmas and barriers to patient treatment and quality of care in SUDs.

July

Resilience in Interprofessional Teamwork is a case-based learning activity at the exposure level of IPE integration. Burnout in healthcare and healthcare education is an epidemic that has been linked to numerous devastating outcomes for learners, professionals, and patients. Many national healthcare organizations have stated that teamwork and mutual support are critical to improving resilience and well-being. Resilience in Interprofessional Teamwork is a virtual IPE experience designed to foster an awareness of personal resilience and its impact on interprofessional teamwork and communication.

Summer 

The Escape Room Challenge brings together students from various health professions to communicate and collaborate on hidden puzzles based on a patient case scenario, working as a team to solve them in order to “escape.�

Spring

This small group discussion series helps healthcare learners develop the knowledge and skills needed for effective interprofessional collaboration, focusing on teamwork and cooperation across different disciplines.

On Demand

Game On Activities are hands-on exercises that build teamwork and communication in healthcare teams. Facilitators guide learners in applying key skills, with each activity including supplies, a guide, and rule cards, tailored to specific goals and competencies.

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