{"id":19,"date":"2021-09-24T16:58:14","date_gmt":"2021-09-24T20:58:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/pharmacy-health\/interprofessional-education\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T08:34:02","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T12:34:02","slug":"interprofessional-education","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/health-professions\/interprofessional-education\/","title":{"rendered":"CHP Interprofessional Education"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"content-block content-block--has-menu wp-block-butler-content-block\">\n\t<div class=\"content-block-container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"content-block-layout\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"content-block-menu-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<nav class=\"content-block-menu-nav\" aria-label=\"Site menu\" id=\"page-nav\"><div class=\"content-block-menu-wrapper\"><header class=\"content-block-menu-header\"><span class=\"content-block-menu-header-label\">College of Health Professions Menu<\/span><button type=\"button\" 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occasions when students from two or more professions in health and social care learn together during all or part of their professional training to cultivate collaborative practice for providing patient-centered care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Why is it Important?<\/strong><br>The IPE program provides students in health professions a skill set that will ultimately increase patient safety, reduce errors, maximize efficiencies, and improve quality of care.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"butler-accordion-container wp-block-butler-accordion-container\" data-allow-multiple=\"false\" style=\"--butler-accordion-title-bg-hover: ;\">\n\n<div class=\"butler-accordion-item wp-block-butler-accordion-item\">\n\t<div class=\"butler-accordion-header\">\n\t\t<h2 class=\"butler-accordion-title wp-block-butler-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t<button class=\"butler-accordion-toggle\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\tIPE Vision Statement\t\t\t\t<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Open<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/h2>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"butler-accordion-item-content\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All nursing, pharmacy, respiratory therapy, and PA graduates to be able to collaborate across professions to provide safe, cost-effective, and efficient patient-centered care.<\/p>\n\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"butler-accordion-item wp-block-butler-accordion-item\">\n\t<div class=\"butler-accordion-header\">\n\t\t<h2 class=\"butler-accordion-title wp-block-butler-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t<button class=\"butler-accordion-toggle\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\tIPE Mission\t\t\t\t<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Open<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/h2>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"butler-accordion-item-content\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our mission is to develop highly competent nurses, pharmacists, respiratory therapists, and PAs who embrace the importance of interprofessional collaboration in ensuring and improving population health and individual health outcomes.<\/p>\n\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"butler-accordion-item wp-block-butler-accordion-item\">\n\t<div class=\"butler-accordion-header\">\n\t\t<h2 class=\"butler-accordion-title wp-block-butler-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t<button class=\"butler-accordion-toggle\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\tIPE Objective\t\t\t\t<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Open<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/h2>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"butler-accordion-item-content\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our objective is to develop IPE experiences throughout the Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Bachelor of Science in Respiratory Therapy, Doctor of Pharmacy, and Master of Physician Assistant Studies Curriculum to promote achievement of the Interprofessional Education Collaborative (IPEC) core competencies of:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Values\/Ethics for Interprofessional Practice<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Roles\/Responsibilities<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&nbsp;Interprofessional Communication<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Teams and Teamwork<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"butler-accordion-item wp-block-butler-accordion-item\">\n\t<div class=\"butler-accordion-header\">\n\t\t<h2 class=\"butler-accordion-title wp-block-butler-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t<button class=\"butler-accordion-toggle\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\tIPE Curriculum\t\t\t\t<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Open<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/h2>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"butler-accordion-item-content\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Incorporates IPE throughout the curriculum through courses, experiential education, and co-curricular activities.&nbsp; Butler University collaborates with medical and other health profession preparatory schools to allow students across disciplines the opportunity to work together and learn how each functions in a healthcare team.<\/p>\n\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"butler-accordion-item wp-block-butler-accordion-item\">\n\t<div class=\"butler-accordion-header\">\n\t\t<h2 class=\"butler-accordion-title wp-block-butler-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t<button class=\"butler-accordion-toggle\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\tContact Us\t\t\t\t<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Open<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/h2>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"butler-accordion-item-content\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Director of Interprofessional Education<br>Carol Sitzman, MPAS, PAC<strong><br><\/strong>Assistant Professor,&nbsp;Physician Assistant Program<br>Email: <a href=\"mailto:tdevine@butler.edu\">casitzman@butler.edu<\/a><br>Phone: 317-940-9805<br>Office: 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