Not Just Another Committee: Faculty Perspectives on the IPE Committee Two Years Later.

Abstract

The Southeast Missouri State University College of Education, Health, and Human Studies (CEHHS) established an Interprofessional Education (IPE) Committee in 2019. The committee created a framework that included healthcare and non-healthcare students and faculty based on the shared collaborative efforts of each academic program. Since 2019, the CEHHS IPE Committee has continued to develop initiatives to facilitate IPE within the college to better prepare students for interprofessional practice in their respective fields of study. In this commentary, the CEHHS IPE Committee discusses new and continued initiatives to address challenges and barriers (e.g., speakers, university-wide research think tank, college IPE awards) over the past 2 years and faculty perspectives regarding the success of the committee's efforts. The committee has incorporated faculty suggestions and is developing an implementation plan for further IPE and improvements across CEHHS, which includes online resources for faculty with project templates, publishing guidance, and information about incorporating IPE competencies into courses.