The University of Minnesota Center for Interprofessional Health (CIH) is committed to ensuring that each health professional learner engages in high-quality interprofessional education (IPE) training in the clinical learning environment.
The Collaboration in Action: Interprofessional LEAP (Learning through Engaging Actively in Practice) Experience is an interprofessional education opportunity designed to allow learners from different professions to engage in collaborative activities in the clinical learning environment.
Vision: Partnerships between CIH and select high-quality clinical sites maximize a shared commitment and responsibility to advance IPE and collaborative practice through LEAP experiences in which interprofessional teams of learners learn with, from, and about each other to promote interprofessional competency development and cultivate future leaders in practice.
LEAP Learning Objectives:
Aim 1
Engage as an active member of the healthcare team by applying valuable skills in the clinical learning environment to advance interprofessional competency development in the areas of values and ethics, roles and responsibilities, teams and teamwork, and communication.
- Learning Objective 1A: Learners will engage as active team members, interacting with honesty and integrity and respecting the unique cultures and values of all team members, including the patient/caregiver.
- Learning Objective 1B: Learners will evaluate the impact of one’s own verbal and non-verbal communication on team decision-making and care planning/delivery.
Aim 2
Advance individual and team interprofessional identity formation by engaging in observation, dialogue, reflection, shared decision-making, and simulated and authentic clinical practice experiences in the context of teamwork, values and ethics, communication, and responsibilities in practice to promote effective decision making and quality care.
- Learning Objective 2A: Learners will clearly communicate and reflect upon the key elements of their roles and responsibilities in practice and the impacts of their contributions on the formation of both uniprofessional identity and interprofessional team identity.
- Learning Objective 2B: Learners will understand and integrate the knowledge, experiences, and values of other team members, including the patient/caregiver, and engage these diverse perspectives in shared decision-making to promote quality care.
IPEC Competencies
Several Interprofessional Education Collaborative (IPEC) competencies are developed through these activities:
- Communication: C 1, 3, 5
- Roles & Responsibilities: RR 4
- Teams & Teamwork: TT 2, 6
- Values & Ethics: VE 5, 10
- Questions? Email [email protected].
AY 2025-26 Interprofessional LEAP Site Partnerships
- CentraCare
- Children's Minnesota
- Community-University Health Care Center
- MHealth Fairview
- VA Medical Center VALUE Program
Location(s)
- CentraCare St. Cloud Hospital (inpatient - acute care and inpatient rehabilitation)
- CentraCare Plaza (adult and pediatric outpatient clinic)
- CentraCare - Sartell Clinic (adult outpatient clinic)
- CentraCare – Becker Clinic (adult outpatient clinic)
- CentraCare - Albany Clinic (adult outpatient clinic)
- CentraCare – Southway Clinic (adult outpatient clinic)
Program(s)
- Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Speech Language Pathology
Location:
- St. Paul Hospital
Program(s):
- MD learners
Location:
- CUHCC
Program(s):
- All learners
Location(s):
- MHealth Fairview Women's Clinic
- MHealth Fairview Rehab
- East Bank Hospital Inpatient Acute Care Unit
- West Bank Acute Rehabilitation Center
- West Bank Transitional Care Unit
- Bethesda Long Term Acute Care Hospital
Program(s):
- Women's Clinic: Nursing (DNP) and Pharmacy
- Rehab: Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Speech Language Pathology
Location
- Minneapolis VA Medical Center
Program(s)
- MD learners engaged in the VALUE: Veterans Affairs Longitudinal Undergraduate Medical Education (VALUE) clerkship, a Longitudinal Integrated Clerkship (LIC) at the VA Medical Center in Minneapolis