About Us
What is Interprofessional Education (IPE)?
Interprofessional education (IPE) "occurs when two or more professions (students, residents and health workers) learn with, about, and from each other to enable effective collaboration and improve health outcomes.”
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Michael J. Oldani, PhD, executive director for interprofessional education at UB.
Mission
To prepare highly competent health care professionals who improve health outcomes by excelling in interprofessional communication, teamwork, and the provision of safe, ethical patient- and population-centered care.
Vision
UB is recognized as a national leader in the development of caring health care professionals who transform health care delivery through high quality interprofessional collaborative practice.
Goals
We will achieve our mission by incorporating interprofessional education into the existing curricula. High-impact interprofessional educational experiences will prepare our health professions students to enter the workforce as effective interprofessional collaborative practitioners.
Our initiatives include the development and implementation of:
UB health sciences students during a TeamSTEPPS training session in the Behling Simulation Center.
- An experiential curriculum including simulation, community-based service, and clinical practice to promote achievement of the Interprofessional Education Collaborative core competencies. Students and faculty will
- work together in an atmosphere of mutual respect and shared values
- understand the scope of practice of other health professionals and providers
- develop effective communication skills to ensure high quality patient care
- perform effectively in different team roles to plan, deliver, and evaluate safe, effective patient-centered care
- Faculty development initiatives that promote collaboration and scholarship
- Leadership and research in innovative educational strategies and experiences
Benefits of IPE
IPE prepares health professions students from different professions to work in a collaborative, team environment to provide highly effective patient- and population-centered care. Interprofessional teams enhance the quality of patient care, lower health care costs, decrease patients' length of stay, and reduce medical errors. () Patients receive safer, high quality care when health professionals work effectively in a team, communicate productively, and understand each other's roles.