Vision Science 5500: Global Health


Ohio State Interprofessional Practice and Education Experience


Title of the Interprofessional Practice and Education Experience

Vision Science 5500: Global Health


Experience Status

Approved


Approval Date Range

12/7/2023 - 3/9/2026


Registration Details for Learners

Sign up through the College of Optometry

Criteria for Registering the IPE Experience

  • Involvement of learners from two or more professions, disciplines, degree programs, and/or community sectors.
  • 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.

Type of IPE Experience

  • Discussion

IPEC Core Competencies Targeted by this IPE Experience

  • Collaborative Leadership: Engage members of the interprofessional team, including individuals and communities, in collaborative leadership.
  • Communication: Communicate in a responsive, responsible, respectful, and compassionate manner with team members.
  • Evidence-based Practice: Utilize evidence to inform all aspects of interprofessional teamwork.
  • 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 population health
  • Improved patient / client experience

Detailed Description and Purpose of the IPE Experience

Designed for students with diverse backgrounds in healthcare. This course will provide an overview of the common causes of vision impairment and eye disease. Means to eliminate avoidable blindness will also be discussed.


Level of IPE Integration

  • 1. Foundations: Consists of introductory learning experience that equips learners with new knowledge and skills that enable them to interact and learn from professions, disciplines, and community sectors outside their own.

Attendance or Participation in the IPE Experience

  • Stand-alone for-credit course

Attendance or Participation is Voluntary or Required

  • Combination of required and elective or voluntary

Preparation Work Hours

  • 01. up to 1 hour

Frequency of the IPE Experience

  • 02. Semesterly – occurs each semester

Duration and/or Timeline of the IPE Experience

  • 01. up to 1 hour
  • Course that takes place over the semester.

Campus and/or Location of the IPE Experience

  • Campus - Columbus

Average Number of Learners Participating in the IPE Experience

  • 01. Less than 10
  • Average number of learners unknown.

Target Audiences

College of Arts and Sciences (ASC)


College of Dentistry


College of Education and Human Ecology (EHE)


College of Engineering


College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences (CFAES)


College of Medicine


College of Nursing


College of Optometry

  • Doctor of Optometry (OD)

College of Pharmacy


College of Public Health (CPH)


College of Social Work (CSW)


College of Veterinary Medicine


Ohio Dominican University


Other

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

IPEC Core Competency: Communication

IPEC Core Competency: Teams and Teamwork

Collaborative Leadership

Evidence-Based Practice

Contact Person(s) and Contact Information for the IPE Experience

Dr. Michael Earley at earley.3@osu.edu