Foundations of Physician Responsibility – Team
Foundations of Physician Responsibility – Team Collaboration
Welcome to Interprofessional Education
“Interprofessional education (IPE) occurs when students from two or more professions learn about, from, and with each other to enable effective collaboration and improve health outcomes. Once students understand how to work interprofessionally, they are ready to enter the workplace as a member of the collaborative practice team.”
Why is IPE important?
Traditionally, students in the health professions have been trained in isolation from other healthcare professions—the silo phenomenon. However, patients deserve healthcare teams that work collaboratively and cohesively across professions to address their physical, social, and behavioral health needs. IPE challenges the way we teach and deliver care and encourages us to break out of our silos. IPE is grounded in the principle that when members of the healthcare team come together with a shared vision, mutual respect, and joint accountability, patients will receive care that is safer, more effective, and more patient centered—and will ultimately improve the quality of care and enhance patient outcomes.
IPE at Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt has a rich tradition of interprofessional education. Since 2010, the Vanderbilt Program in Interprofessional Learning (VPIL) allowed a subset of students from medicine, nursing, pharmacy, and social work to work together in clinic-based teams. To allow all medical students to more deeply learn about interprofessional education, we have developed a revised IPE program called the Vanderbilt Interprofessional Health Education Collaborative (VIPHEC), which was inspired by the legacy VPIL program.
In VIPHEC, you will join students from pharmacy, nursing, counseling, marriage and family therapy, and social work programs across Vanderbilt University, Lipscomb University, and the University of Tennessee to participate in a year-long longitudinal curriculum. You will engage in seminars, interactive educational activities, and interprofessional team-based projects with the goal of fostering and promoting the knowledge, skills, and values necessary for comprehensive team-based collaborative practice.
The VIPHEC learning goals and educational activities will explore the competency framework created by the Interprofessional Education Collaborative (IPEC). The Core Competencies for Interprofessional Collaborative Practice include:
- Values and Ethics
- Roles and Responsibilities
- Communication
- Teams and Teamwork.
Partner Schools
VIPHEC is a partnership between six health science programs across Vanderbilt University, Lipscomb University, and the University of Tennessee.
FPR Co-Directors, Team
Charlotte M. Brown, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Abbie Burka, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP
Associate Professor
Associate Dean of Assessment
Director of Interprofessional Education
Lipscomb University College of Pharmacy
FPR Co-Course Directors, Team
Shannon Cole, DNP, APRN-BC
Assistant Professor of Nursing
Vanderbilt University School of Nursing
Cal Gruss, MD, MS, MSACI
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Douglas Ribeiro, PhD, LPC-TN
Professor and Chair, Department of Psychology, Counseling, and Family Science
Lead Faculty of Lipscomb’s Initiative for Behavioral Health Integration
Lipscomb University
Chris Gonzalez, PhD, LMFT
Program Founder & Co-Director, Lipscomb University’s Master of Marriage and Family Therapy
AAMFT Approved Supervisor
Lipscomb University
Allison Diehl, LCSW
Coordinator of Field Education
Nashville MSSW Program
Assistant Professor of Practice
University of Tennessee Knoxville
Administration
Fea Morgan-Curtis
Associate Program Coordinator
VUSM Longitudinal Elements Team
To learn more about VIPHEC or Interprofessional Education at Vanderbilt, contact viphec@vanderbilt.edu.