Faculty Development

Quality Matters^® (QM) Certified 

In collaboration with the Division of Academic Innovation, the Department of Interprofessional Education and Practice provides faculty and preceptor development in interprofessional education. The program is a blended-learning course, where faculty complete online modules tied to in-person sessions. Each session addresses the IPEC Core Competencies of Values and Ethics for Interprofessional Practice, Roles and Responsibilities, Interprofessional Communication, and Teams and Teamwork, as well as fundamentals of instructional design and facilitation skills for interprofessional education. The development program runs over the course of 7 weeks.

The program awards two levels of certificate. The first level is a Certificate of Recognition, which is awarded to faculty who complete all online and in-person (zoom) components of the course. The next level is a Certificate of Distinction, which is awarded to faculty who design, facilitate, and present on or publish the outcomes of their interprofessional work at a national level.

Faculty Development by the Numbers (to date):

• Cohorts: 7
• Enrollment in IPE Faculty Development: 168
• Certificates of Recognition Awarded: 68
• Certificates of Distinction Awarded: 10

Certificate of Distinction Awardees Are:

• • Lynn Jackson, PhD, LCSW, ACSW, FNAP
    • Presentation: “Helping Students Understand the Relevance of IP Collaboration Using a Regional Population Health Crisis: A Story of Maternal Mortality in Texas.” National Academies of Practice 2019 Annual Meeting & Forum. March 2019.
  • Stephanie Jevas, PhD, LAT, ATC, FNAP
    • Presentation: “Helping Students Understand the Relevance of IP Collaboration Using a Regional Population Health Crisis: A Story of Maternal Mortality in Texas.” National Academies of Practice 2019 Annual Meeting & Forum. March 2019.
  • Teresa Wagner, DrPH, MS, CPH, RD/LD, CHWI #393
    • Presentation: “Learning Health Literacy through a Service Learning Project.” Institute for Healthcare Advancement 19th Annual Health Literacy Conference. May 2019
  • Lillee Gelinas, MSN, RN, CPPS, FAAN
    • Presentation: “Active Learning Experiences to Integrating TeamSTEPPS into Health Professions Curriculum.” American Hospital Association Team Training Conference. June 2019.
  • Caitlin Gibson, PharmD, BCPS, BCCP
    • Presentation: “Patient-Taught Cultural Competency Training: A Novel Interprofessional Education Approach.” American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy National Conference. July 2019.
  • Laura Kunkel, EdD, LAT, ATC, PES
    • Presentation: “Poverty Simulation as IPE”  20th International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare (IMSH 2020). January 2020
  • Adenike Atanda, Pharm.D., BCACP, CDE, CTTS
    • Poster: “An Interprofessional Approach to Improve Communication and Patient Safety Awareness Among Pharmacy and Physician Assistant Students.” American College of Clinical Pharmacy meeting, October 2020.
  • Tamara Willmoth, MPAS, PA-C
    • Poster: “An Interprofessional Approach to Improve Communication and Patient Safety Awareness Among Pharmacy and Physician Assistant Students.” American College of Clinical Pharmacy meeting, October 2020.
  • Tracy Orwig, MSSW, LCSW
    • Presentation: “Conducting an IPE Common Reading Experience” Texas IPE Consortium – Excellence in Virtual IPE Learning Today for a Better Healthcare Tomorrow, December 2020.
  • Jada L. Willis, PhD, RDN, LD, FAND
    • Journal Article: “Impact of interprofessional geriatric teamwork on students’ perceptions of older persons and collaborative practice.” Gerontology and Geriatrics Edu. doi: 10.1080/02701960.2021.1979971. 2021.

*Interprofessional Faculty Development online courses began in fall of 2015. Interprofessional Faculty Development Certificate Programs began in fall of 2018. The Interprofessional Faculty Development Program with Microcredential began spring of 2020. Numbers are ‘to date.’