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Interprofessional Education
Interprofessional Education

»Interprofessional Education

At Chapman University, multidisciplinary education involves students from various professions learning together. However, Interprofessional Education (IPE) goes a step further by intentionally having students learn from, with, and about each other. This approach helps them appreciate different professional roles and perspectives.

The Interprofessional Education Collaborative (IPEC) identifies four core competencies essential for effective interprofessional practice:
  • Values and Ethics
  • Roles and Responsibilities
  • Communication
  • Teams and Teamwork
These competencies are crucial in fostering an environment where students can excel in shared decision-making, joint accountability for patient care, and population health.

IPE at Chapman University enables students from different disciplines to learn together, fostering an understanding of each other’s roles and enhancing collaboration to optimize patient outcomes. By integrating the IPEC core competencies into their education, students are better prepared to work in interprofessional teams, ultimately leading to improved healthcare delivery and patient outcomes.

Shaping Future Pharmacists through Interprofessional Education and Experiential Learning

Through 3 500-level course series, a co-curricular element, and IPE elements in didactic coursework, students come into contact with IPE elements on a routine basis. While some aspects of IPE are outside of typical learning environments, many are integrated into XYZ. Learn more about the simulations and experiential IPE curriculum with this story. 

Chapman University has a unique model of infiltrating IPE 

IPE is not a "side piece", but part of the learning outcomes of becoming a collaborative practice-ready pharmacist. 


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IPE Committee

School of Pharmacy

Crean College of Health and Behavioral Sciences

Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders

Physician Assistant Studies Program

Department of Physical Therapy

External Partners

IP Experiences, allows our students to work with students not offered at Chapman. Guve iur student s the opp to wor =k with other health care students. Exposes our students to both telehealth experiences and integrates them in new medical learning environments. Our partners include:

  • UCI School of Medicine
  • UCI School of Nursing
  • CalState University Fullerton School of Nursing
  • Burrell College of Osteopathic Medicine 

Discover our IPE courses

500-level courses:

IPE 501

IPE 502

IPE 503

Courses that integrate IPE: 

P1: PHRM 581

P2: PHRM 651, 526

Evaluation

Discover the Evaluation Tool

We are evaluating students and improving quality based on this feedback. As an accredited institution, our creative and academic freedoms allow us to address the 4 competencies. 

This evaluation is taken before, and then at the end, of their 500 IPE course series, as well as towards the end of their rotations before graduation. 

Demonstrated to improve IPE competencies  

Is this program working? 

Students share the collective feedback. 

Chapman University uses the best of the best measurement assessment tool that is recommended by the National Center for Inter[professional Practice and Education

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Director of Interprofessional Education
Amanda Brown, MSN, RN
(714) 516-5522