Interprofessional education, or IPE, occurs when students from two or more professions learn about, from, and with each other to enable effective collaboration and improve health outcomes. Our goal at the Auburn University Harrison College of Pharmacy is for students to gain interprofessional skills during their didactic and experiential curriculum in order to be an integral part of an interprofessional team. Students on our Auburn and Mobile campuses participate in experiences with various healthcare professional students throughout their time.

Students on our Auburn campus are involved in IPE activities with nursing, social work, nutrition, and doctor of osteopathic medicine learners at various points during their curriculum. The activities have been designed to allow building of knowledge and skills, culminating in live or virtual patient care experiences on a team. First year pharmacy students participate in seminars where they learn basic concepts and facts about interprofessional patient care, including roles and responsibilities, healthcare ethics, and communication. Students in their second professional year participate in an interprofessional poverty simulation. In their third year, students do a simulation called Friday Night at the ER ® where they practice managing a hospital and learn systems thinking concepts. Third year students also participate in an interprofessional clinic where they work with a team to create an assessment and plan and present to faculty members.

HCOP students in Mobile partner with the University of South Alabama in interprofessional education activities throughout their didactics. Pharmacy students complete a series of online and in-person activities with students from physician assistant, occupational therapy, nursing, physical therapy, radiography, medical, speech language pathology, and audiology students. The students get together at least once per year for a large, in-person, workshop where they will apply concepts of IPE and learn their role in a diverse healthcare team. During their third year, the students participate in a progressive, complex case at USA’s brand new simulation center. During the sim, they act as part of an interprofessional team to transition a patient from an acute event through hospitalization, discharge, and eventually outpatient follow-up.  The faculty at HCOP Mobile and USA are working to bring more events to students during their APPE rotations.

In addition to the strategic interprofessional activities in the first three years, integration of interprofessional activities during Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experiences is important in developing team ready learners. Most rotations offer opportunities to interact with various healthcare professionals to some degree, whether via written, oral, or face to face communication. Incorporation of pharmacy students with learners from other disciplines and other healthcare professionals can assist in development of skills needed for future practice as part of a team.

Learn more about the experiential curriculum on the HCOP website.

Interprofessional education, or IPE, occurs when students from two or more professions learn about, from, and with each other to enable effective collaboration and improve health outcomes. Our goal at the Auburn University Harrison College of Pharmacy is for students to gain interprofessional skills during their didactic and experiential curriculum in order to be an integral part of an interprofessional team. Students on our Auburn and Mobile campuses participate in experiences with various healthcare professional students throughout their time.

Students on our Auburn campus are involved in IPE activities with nursing, social work, nutrition, and doctor of osteopathic medicine learners at various points during their curriculum. The activities have been designed to allow building of knowledge and skills, culminating in live or virtual patient care experiences on a team. First year pharmacy students participate in seminars where they learn basic concepts and facts about interprofessional patient care, including roles and responsibilities, healthcare ethics, and communication. Students in their second professional year participate in an interprofessional poverty simulation. In their third year, students do a simulation called Friday Night at the ER ® where they practice managing a hospital and learn systems thinking concepts. Third year students also participate in an interprofessional clinic where they work with a team to create an assessment and plan and present to faculty members.

HCOP students in Mobile partner with the University of South Alabama in interprofessional education activities throughout their didactics. Pharmacy students complete a series of online and in-person activities with students from physician assistant, occupational therapy, nursing, physical therapy, radiography, medical, speech language pathology, and audiology students. The students get together at least once per year for a large, in-person, workshop where they will apply concepts of IPE and learn their role in a diverse healthcare team. During their third year, the students participate in a progressive, complex case at USA’s brand new simulation center. During the sim, they act as part of an interprofessional team to transition a patient from an acute event through hospitalization, discharge, and eventually outpatient follow-up.  The faculty at HCOP Mobile and USA are working to bring more events to students during their APPE rotations.

In addition to the strategic interprofessional activities in the first three years, integration of interprofessional activities during Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experiences is important in developing team ready learners. Most rotations offer opportunities to interact with various healthcare professionals to some degree, whether via written, oral, or face to face communication. Incorporation of pharmacy students with learners from other disciplines and other healthcare professionals can assist in development of skills needed for future practice as part of a team.

Learn more about the experiential curriculum on the HCOP website.

Interprofessional education, or IPE, occurs when students from two or more professions learn about, from, and with each other to enable effective collaboration and improve health outcomes. Our goal at the Auburn University Harrison College of Pharmacy is for students to gain interprofessional skills during their didactic and experiential curriculum in order to be an integral part of an interprofessional team. Students on our Auburn and Mobile campuses participate in experiences with various healthcare professional students throughout their time.

Students on our Auburn campus are involved in IPE activities with nursing, social work, nutrition, and doctor of osteopathic medicine learners at various points during their curriculum. The activities have been designed to allow building of knowledge and skills, culminating in live or virtual patient care experiences on a team. First year pharmacy students participate in seminars where they learn basic concepts and facts about interprofessional patient care, including roles and responsibilities, healthcare ethics, and communication. Students in their second professional year participate in an interprofessional poverty simulation. In their third year, students do a simulation called Friday Night at the ER ® where they practice managing a hospital and learn systems thinking concepts. Third year students also participate in an interprofessional clinic where they work with a team to create an assessment and plan and present to faculty members.

HCOP students in Mobile partner with the University of South Alabama in interprofessional education activities throughout their didactics. Pharmacy students complete a series of online and in-person activities with students from physician assistant, occupational therapy, nursing, physical therapy, radiography, medical, speech language pathology, and audiology students. The students get together at least once per year for a large, in-person, workshop where they will apply concepts of IPE and learn their role in a diverse healthcare team. During their third year, the students participate in a progressive, complex case at USA’s brand new simulation center. During the sim, they act as part of an interprofessional team to transition a patient from an acute event through hospitalization, discharge, and eventually outpatient follow-up.  The faculty at HCOP Mobile and USA are working to bring more events to students during their APPE rotations.

In addition to the strategic interprofessional activities in the first three years, integration of interprofessional activities during Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experiences is important in developing team ready learners. Most rotations offer opportunities to interact with various healthcare professionals to some degree, whether via written, oral, or face to face communication. Incorporation of pharmacy students with learners from other disciplines and other healthcare professionals can assist in development of skills needed for future practice as part of a team.

Learn more about the experiential curriculum on the HCOP website.

Interprofessional education, or IPE, occurs when students from two or more professions learn about, from, and with each other to enable effective collaboration and improve health outcomes. Our goal at the Auburn University Harrison College of Pharmacy is for students to gain interprofessional skills during their didactic and experiential curriculum in order to be an integral part of an interprofessional team. Students on our Auburn and Mobile campuses participate in experiences with various healthcare professional students throughout their time.

Students on our Auburn campus are involved in IPE activities with nursing, social work, nutrition, and doctor of osteopathic medicine learners at various points during their curriculum. The activities have been designed to allow building of knowledge and skills, culminating in live or virtual patient care experiences on a team. First year pharmacy students participate in seminars where they learn basic concepts and facts about interprofessional patient care, including roles and responsibilities, healthcare ethics, and communication. Students in their second professional year participate in an interprofessional poverty simulation. In their third year, students do a simulation called Friday Night at the ER ® where they practice managing a hospital and learn systems thinking concepts. Third year students also participate in an interprofessional clinic where they work with a team to create an assessment and plan and present to faculty members.

HCOP students in Mobile partner with the University of South Alabama in interprofessional education activities throughout their didactics. Pharmacy students complete a series of online and in-person activities with students from physician assistant, occupational therapy, nursing, physical therapy, radiography, medical, speech language pathology, and audiology students. The students get together at least once per year for a large, in-person, workshop where they will apply concepts of IPE and learn their role in a diverse healthcare team. During their third year, the students participate in a progressive, complex case at USA’s brand new simulation center. During the sim, they act as part of an interprofessional team to transition a patient from an acute event through hospitalization, discharge, and eventually outpatient follow-up.  The faculty at HCOP Mobile and USA are working to bring more events to students during their APPE rotations.

In addition to the strategic interprofessional activities in the first three years, integration of interprofessional activities during Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experiences is important in developing team ready learners. Most rotations offer opportunities to interact with various healthcare professionals to some degree, whether via written, oral, or face to face communication. Incorporation of pharmacy students with learners from other disciplines and other healthcare professionals can assist in development of skills needed for future practice as part of a team.

Learn more about the experiential curriculum on the HCOP website.

Interprofessional education, or IPE, occurs when students from two or more professions learn about, from, and with each other to enable effective collaboration and improve health outcomes. Our goal at the Auburn University Harrison College of Pharmacy is for students to gain interprofessional skills during their didactic and experiential curriculum in order to be an integral part of an interprofessional team. Students on our Auburn and Mobile campuses participate in experiences with various healthcare professional students throughout their time.

Students on our Auburn campus are involved in IPE activities with nursing, social work, nutrition, and doctor of osteopathic medicine learners at various points during their curriculum. The activities have been designed to allow building of knowledge and skills, culminating in live or virtual patient care experiences on a team. First year pharmacy students participate in seminars where they learn basic concepts and facts about interprofessional patient care, including roles and responsibilities, healthcare ethics, and communication. Students in their second professional year participate in an interprofessional poverty simulation. In their third year, students do a simulation called Friday Night at the ER ® where they practice managing a hospital and learn systems thinking concepts. Third year students also participate in an interprofessional clinic where they work with a team to create an assessment and plan and present to faculty members.

HCOP students in Mobile partner with the University of South Alabama in interprofessional education activities throughout their didactics. Pharmacy students complete a series of online and in-person activities with students from physician assistant, occupational therapy, nursing, physical therapy, radiography, medical, speech language pathology, and audiology students. The students get together at least once per year for a large, in-person, workshop where they will apply concepts of IPE and learn their role in a diverse healthcare team. During their third year, the students participate in a progressive, complex case at USA’s brand new simulation center. During the sim, they act as part of an interprofessional team to transition a patient from an acute event through hospitalization, discharge, and eventually outpatient follow-up.  The faculty at HCOP Mobile and USA are working to bring more events to students during their APPE rotations.

In addition to the strategic interprofessional activities in the first three years, integration of interprofessional activities during Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experiences is important in developing team ready learners. Most rotations offer opportunities to interact with various healthcare professionals to some degree, whether via written, oral, or face to face communication. Incorporation of pharmacy students with learners from other disciplines and other healthcare professionals can assist in development of skills needed for future practice as part of a team.

Learn more about the experiential curriculum on the HCOP website.