Health Professionals

CIH Affiliate Faculty Role

The Center for Interprofessional Health welcomes faculty affiliates with a demonstrated interest in interprofessional education, practice, or research. Faculty, staff, and community-based health professionals accepted into this one-year (Aug. 1, 2023-May 31, 2024) program will participate in interprofessional learning and dissemination opportunities.

WILD Series™ Preceptor Development Offerings

Join the us and your colleagues in practice in our new WILD Series™ (Workplace Interprofessional Learning & Development) preceptor development offerings!

Participants build interprofessional skills as a preceptor and health professional through 5 actionable weekly emails and a 1-hour group debriefing session. Each weekly email offers an engaging 3-5 minute video, instructions to observe, engage, and model concepts in practice, key reflective prompts, and ways to learn more. The debriefing session is a chance to learn with, from, and about colleagues from a myriad of health professions.

Become a Guest Health Professional for Better Together: Preparing for Collaborative Practice

In fall 2024, 1Health is offering Better Together; a two-part interprofessional learning experience that will introduce health professional students to foundational concepts of interprofessional education and collaboration. The purpose of the event is to bring together over 1,300 students from 19 health professional programs to introduce them to the principles of working collaboratively.

We are actively recruiting practicing health professionals to facilitate interactive discussions with these students during the fall 2024 Better Together sessions. Your role would be to share your valuable professional perspective and experience with collaborative practice with two small groups of students in a live Zoom session. We look forward to your participation in this rich, interprofessional learning experience! Learn more and sign up!

Become a Preceptor

Interprofessional education is essential to develop the cognitive, affective, and practical skills necessary to engage in high-performing health care teams. See our CIH Preceptor information below to learn more about our students' interprofessional education!

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CIH Preceptor Information

Interprofessional education is essential to develop the cognitive, affective, and practical skills necessary to engage in high-performing health care teams.

What We Offer

We are committed to advancing the health and wellness of our communities through education, practice, research, & outreach. Innovative partnerships support initiatives and advance the field. Our interprofessional learning and engagement opportunities for students, educators, and providers grow interprofessional competency and develop the skills needed to effectively contribute to team-based, interprofessional collaboration.

Collaboration

We collaborate across all sectors to promote the health of our communities. We partner with local and national organizations to advance interprofessionalism and collaborative healthcare in Minnesota and beyond. We also work closely with health profession programs across system campuses to ensure that the interprofessional education curriculum is strategically integrated through a coordinated approach.

U of M IPE Curriculum

Our 1Health interprofessional education (IPE) curriculum is intentionally designed to provide students with relevant content and experiences aligned with progression through their respective professional program.

We prepare our health professions learners across 3 phases:

  • Phase 1-Orientation to IPE
  • Phase 2- Necessary Skills
  • Phase 3- Expertise in Practice (Collaboration in Action)

The intent of ‘Collaboration in Action’ experiences is to engage students in the clinical learning environment through active, practice-based interprofessional activities. Current offerings are designed to place low-to-no burden on preceptors, with tremendous potential for partnered, community-level experience development in the future. 

Learners complete one to five activities during clinical rotations and reflect on competency growth:

Collaboration in Action
  • Engage with Peer Allied Learners (PALs) from another profession
  • Finding your WHY in collaborative practice; Patient values in care
  • Observe & reflect on teamwork in action using a standardized tool
  • Consult with interprofessional learners on case-in-practice analysis
  • Conduct a community needs assessment
  • Practice & model interprofessional communication strategies

IPEC Competencies

All interprofessional offerings at the University of Minnesota are aligned with the Interprofessional Education Collaborative (IPEC) competencies:

  • Roles & Responsibilities
  • Values and Ethics
  • Communication
  • Teams & Teamwork

Preceptor Resources