Ohio State Interprofessional Practice and Education Experience
Title of the Interprofessional Practice and Education Experience
Improving health outcomes through interprofessional teamwork: an educational resource for learners, clinicians, educators, community, and policymakers: Transitions of Care
Experience Status
Approved
Approval Date Range
8/28/2025 - 8/28/2026
Criteria for Registering the IPE Experience
- Learning objectives are directly related to one or more of Ohio State’s interprofessional collaborative practice competencies (Values/Ethics for Interprofessional Practice, Roles/Responsibilities, Interprofessional Communication, Teams & Teamwork, Collaborative Leadership, Evidence-based Practice).
- Learners actively learn about, from, and with each other, to improve health and healthcare outcomes for individuals, populations, and/or communities.
- Significant interactivity between participants.
- Learner performance next to at least one objective related to Ohio State’s interprofessional collaborative practice competencies is assessed, and learners are provided feedback.
- Involvement of learners from two or more professions, disciplines, degree programs, and/or community sectors.
IPEC Core Competencies Targeted by this IPE Experience
- Communication: Communicate in a responsive, responsible, respectful, and compassionate manner with team members.
- 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.
- Values and Ethics: Work with team members to maintain a climate of shared values, ethical conduct, and mutual respect.
Quintuple Aim Strategic Goals Discussed in this IPE Experience
- Improved health care team experience
- Improved health equity
- Improved patient / client experience
- Improved population health
Detailed Description and Purpose of the IPE Experience
In process: Visual graphic case study for face-to-face and online learning. Available for the Spring 2027.
Level of IPE Integration
- 2. Immersion: Participants learn about, with, and from others in an active learning situation while applying new knowledge and skills during the experience. The desired outcome for experiences offered at the immersion level is that learners will develop critical thinking skills as part of an interprofessional view that incorporates multiple perspectives, and acknowledges and encourages diversity in providing quality health and human services.
Attendance or Participation in the IPE Experience
- Stand-alone for-credit course
- Unit, module, or experience embedded within a for-credit course
Attendance or Participation is Voluntary or Required
- Combination of required and elective or voluntary
Frequency of the IPE Experience
- 01. Annually – occurs one time a year
Duration and/or Timeline of the IPE Experience
Campus and/or Location of the IPE Experience
- Campus - Columbus
- Distance Education
- Distance-Enhanced
Average Number of Learners Participating in the IPE Experience
Target Audiences
College of Arts and Sciences (ASC)
College of Education and Human Ecology (EHE)
College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences (CFAES)
College of Public Health (CPH)
College of Social Work (CSW)
College of Veterinary Medicine
Ohio Dominican University
IPEC Core Competencies for the Experience
IPEC Core Competency: Values and Ethics
- VE01. Promote the values and interests of persons and populations in health care delivery, One Health, and population health initiatives.
IPEC Core Competency: Roles and Responsibilities
- 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.
IPEC Core Competency: Communication
- C01. Communicate one’s roles and responsibilities clearly.
IPEC Core Competency: Teams and Teamwork
- TT01. Describe evidence-informed processes of team development and team practices.
Contact Person(s) and Contact Information for the IPE Experience
Andrea Pfeifle
Andrea.Pfeifle@osumc.edu