Rural Community and Global Health: Two Interprofessional Certificate Programs

Criteria for Registering the IPE Experience

• Involvement of two or more professions.
• Opportunities to learn about, from, and with one another.
• Significant interactivity between participants.
• Teaching and/or learning about interprofessional practice and education is intentionally integrated into the activity. Interprofessional practice and education constructs are targeted with IPE learning objectives are also discussed, trained, reviewed, and/or assessed as part of the learning activity.

Type of IPE Experience

• Didactic learning
• Experiential and/or clinical learning
• International/global health experience

IPEC Core Competencies Targeted by this IPE Experience

• Roles and Responsibilities: Use the knowledge of one’s own role and team members’ expertise to address individual and population health outcomes.
• Teams and Teamwork: Apply values and principles of the science of teamwork to adapt one's own role in a variety of team settings.

Quintuple Aim Strategic Goals Discussed in this IPE Experience

• Advancing health equity
• Improving patient and/or population health outcomes
• Reducing the cost of care
• Enhancing the experience of care

Level of IPE Integration

• Competence Level: Consists of practice-ready learning activities where learners will integrate their interprofessional education and collaborative knowledge and skills in an authentic team-based care environment. These activities will have learners actively engaged in team decision-making around patient, family, and/or community care. The desired outcome for activities offered at the competence level is development of competent practice-ready health care providers.

Attendance or Participation in the IPE Experience

• Certificate credit
• Course requirement - Degree Courses: N5420 Foundations in World Health; N5421 Issues in World Health; N5422 Practicum: Application of the World Health Concepts
• CV credit
• Experiential credit

Frequency of the IPE Experience

• 02. Semesterly
• Certificate programs are offered in the Fall, Spring, and Summer of each AY.

Duration and/or Timeline of the IPE Experience

• 06. greater than 11 hours
• Global Health Certificate Program
  Program Description: The Certificate in Global Health is designed for professionals who are practicing or plan to practice in developing countries. Upon completion of the Global Health Certificate, graduates will have the necessary knowledge and skills to excel in a variety of settings in medically underserved areas around the world. This online certificate in Global Health is completed in 12 semester credit hours. A 67.5 hour clinical field experience in the principle area of interest is expected as part of the program requirements.
  
  Rural Community Health Certificate Program
  Program Description: The Certificate in Rural Community Health is designed for professionals who are practicing or plan to practice in rural counties. Upon completion of the Rural Community Health Certificate, graduates will have the necessary knowledge and skills to excel in a variety of settings in medically underserved areas around the world. This online certificate in Rural Community Health is completed in 12 semester credit hours. A 67.5 hour clinical field experience in the principle area of interest is expected as part of the program requirements.
  

Campus and/or Location of the IPE Experience

• Clinical or experiential rotation
• Distance Education

Average Number of Learners Participating in the IPE Experience

• 01. up to 50
• ~20-30 students per AY

Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Audiences

• Biomedical Sciences, PhD
• Pharmaceutical Sciences, PhD
• Biomedical Sciences, MS
• Biotechnology, MS
• Graduate Medical Sciences, MS
• Pharmaceutical Sciences, MS

School of Health Professions Audiences

• Athletic Training, MAT
• Audiology, AuD
• Healthcare Management, BS
• Medical Laboratory Science, BS
• Rehabilitation Science, PhD
• Healthcare Administration, MS
• Molecular Pathology, MS
• Physical Therapy, DPT
• Rehabilitation Science, ScD
• Physician Assistant Studies, MPAS
• Clinical Rehabilitation Counseling, MS
• Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, BS
• Speech-Language Pathology, MS
• Addiction Counseling, MS
• Medical Laboratory Science (Certificate)
• Medical Laboratory Science (Second Degree), BS
• Clinical Mental Health Counseling, MS
• Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences (Second Degree), BS
• Occupational Therapy, OTD
• Occupational Therapy (Post-Professional), OTD-P

School of Medicine Audiences

• MS 1
• MS 2
• MS 3
• MS 4
• Residents

School of Nursing Audiences

• Doctor of Nursing Practice
• Graduate MSN
• Post-Master’s/Advanced Practice
• RN to BSN
• Second Degree BSN
• Traditional BSN
• Veteran BSN

School of Pharmacy Audiences

• P1
• P2
• P3
• P4
• SOP Residents

School of Population and Public Health Audiences

• Public Health, MPH Traditional
• Public Health, MPH Online

Other

A wide variety of Rural Community or Global Health healthcare professionals

Values and Ethics

• VE08. Apply high standards of ethical conduct and quality in contributions to team-based care.
• VE04. Value diversity, identities, cultures, and differences.
• VE05. Value the expertise of health professionals and its impacts on team functions and health outcomes.

Roles and Responsibilities

• RR03. Incorporate complementary expertise to meet health needs including the determinants of health.
• RR01. Include the full scope of knowledge, skills, and attitudes of team members to provide care that is person-centered, safe, cost-effective, timely, efficient, effective, and equitable.

Communication

• C02. Use communication tools, techniques, and technologies to enhance team function, well-being, and health outcomes.

Teams and Teamwork

• TT04. Use shared leadership practices to support team effectiveness.
• TT03. Practice team reasoning, problem-solving, and decision-making.