What We Do
Learning that emphasizes real-world experience
The mission of the Center is to develop, promote and measure the effectiveness of interprofessional learning opportunities for faculty, students and community partners that will lead to effective interprofessional collaborative practice.
Our nationally-recognized Center utilizes content experts and experienced interprofessional faculty to deliver high-quality educational experiences to students. The Center received the 2020 ASAHP Award for Institutional Excellence and Innovation in Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Health Care Program of Merit. The Center has also sparked many regional and national presentations and publications.
The resources offered by the Center are second to none. Case studies, seminars and simulations are designed by our interprofessional teams of faculty and students. We’ve created these resources to reflect the environments and situations encountered in the real healthcare world, ensuring that our students’ education remains completely relevant to the challenges that they will ultimately face. Whether working on simulated patients together or treating actual patients in one of our clinics, students gain a multidisciplinary perspective on best practices and ethics, enhance each other’s clinical skills and make a positive difference in people’s lives.
What is Interprofessional Education?
Interprofessional education is the occasion where learners of two or more professions learn with, from and about each other to improve collaboration and the quality of care and services.
Educational opportunities from Center for Interprofessional Education revolve around the quintuple aim of healthcare:
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improve the patient experience of care
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improve the health of populations
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reduce the per capita cost of healthcare
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improve the work life of healthcare providers and health equity.
The CIHE embeds the Interprofessional Education Collaborative (IPEC) core competencies of interprofessional education (values and ethics, roles and responsibilities, interprofessional communication, and teams and teamwork) into various learning activities to better prepare students to become high quality healthcare providers.
Reciprocal Learning Opportunities
Solving healthcare challenges together
We offer our students many opportunities for interprofessional and reciprocal learning. These include:
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Interprofessional healthcare community-based service activities
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A variety of interactive case studies and seminar discussions that focus on interprofessional healthcare for children and adults across the practice settings that have complex needs
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Online learning modules
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Team learning with mannequins and standardized patients
Visit the CIHE resource website on MyQ for a full list of offerings
Graduate with a Distinction in Interprofessional Healthcare Education
Earn a Micro-Credential and Digital Badge
The micro-credential in interprofessional healthcare education enables groups of students from all of Quinnipiac’s programs to develop the core competencies of interprofessional, team-based healthcare.
Program requirements include 60 hours of knowledge and skills development, experiential learning and leadership activities. Earning the Micro-Credential in Interprofessional Healthcare Education gives students an advantage as it proves to employers that they have experienced the team dynamic that defines person/client care today. A digital badge is a formal recognition certifying completion and competence of interprofessional education activities. Badges can be displayed in a variety of online platforms including e-mail, social media and social networking sites.
Learn more about the micro-credential
