Interprofessional Education
The President of the UT Health Science Center at San Antonio, Dr. William Henrich, has an expressed interest in promoting interprofessional education.
With NIH funding, a Presidential Faculty Learning Community was formed with a competitive application process. Members of the FLC met monthly through spring and summer 2011 to discuss aspects of IPE and document their discussions. Additionally, three members of the FLC successfully applied for small grant funding to pilot IPE projects. It is yet to be determined how the IPE projects with small grant funding will advance the agenda of the university with regard to IPE adoption and implementation. A summary of the FLC discussions and outcomes is available here
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Other Interprofessional Education resources compiled by the 2011 FLC are available here.
Grant Recipients
The Academic Center for Excellence in Teaching administered a UTHSCSA small education grant program with the purpose of funding pilot projects in interprofessional education. IPE occurs when learners from two or more health professions learn together with the object of cultivating collaborative practice to improve patient centered care. The following are grant awardees for 2011.
2011 Interprofessional Education in the Health Care Professions Grant Awardees