WVU HSC Interprofessional Education

02/06/2025

The WVU Health Sciences Office of Interprofessional Education, in collaboration with WVU Libraries, will present the Awards of Excellence in Interprofessional Education to a student and faculty/staff member this spring.

The awards are given annually. The award winners will have an exhibit in the WVU Health Sciences Center Library to showcase their achievements.

10/08/2024

Congratulations to P3, Meagan Casimir! Her work with the WVU HSC IPE Student Innovation Challenge surrounding Women's Health was recognized during the Interprofessional Education NEXUS Summit.

Maegan has been working with family medicine to present women's health topics to faculty, staff, and students in our surrounding area. These presentations cover devices, legal issues, interprofessional contributions to the care team, and more! Stay tuned for this team's next class in Spring 2025.

10/01/2024

Tonight was the first Interprofessional Education (IPE) workshop! It is an event where students from the Health Sciences Campus come together to connect, discuss community issues, and educate each other on their roles and responsibilities in healthcare.

Read more about the IPE department here:
https:// health.wvu.edu/interprofessional-education

07/31/2024

A special shout out to Dr. Jacob Greenfield, Dr. Brad Phillips, Dr. Gina Baugh, and Katie Hoffman on their publication that promotes self-efficacy among learners at the WVU HSC and information regarding the unsheltered community in the Journal of Occupational Therapy Education!

Check it out!

Health professions students, including occupational therapy students, often have limited exposure to unhoused populations, which may alter their attitudes and self-efficacy to participate in their care. In turn, this could reduce access and quality of care for these marginalized groups. The purpose....

09/26/2023

03/13/2023

Please join is next week, March 20-24, in celebrating Interprofessional Education Week! Our activities promote wellness, diversity, & patient safety all while celebrating collaboration and teamwork. All are welcome to our events! Please click the link below for more information or to register for events.

Link: https://health.wvu.edu/events/interprofessional-education-week/

10/13/2022

Today, students from Dental Hygiene, Music Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Pharmacy, & Physical Therapy participated in the Community Action Poverty Simulation. This simulation allows students to role-play the lives of low-income families from single parents trying to care for their children to senior citizens trying to maintain their self sufficiency on Social Security. This simulation facilitates the understanding of poverty to promote compassionate care and patient safety.

10/04/2022

Want to learn your Grit score? Come down to G119A tomorrow, October 5th, from 12pm-1pm to find out! There will be refreshments and a chance to win some inspirational books!

To provide the WVU Health Sciences community with a personal development toolkit, the Chancellor’s Office will continue its fall seminar series with a discussion on “Resilience & Grit” Wednesday, Oct. 5 at noon in Health Sciences Center North Room G119A and via Zoom.

09/14/2022

Need to re-center? Join Dr. Marsh for a a special Week of Purpose panel next Wednesday, September 21st from 12pm-1pm at Evansdale Crossing's Media Innovation Center. A virtual option will also be available, see link for details.

West Virginia University’s inaugural Week of Purpose begins Sept. 18. Students, faculty and staff are invited to enjoy a variety of sessions and take this opportunity for self-exploration, learn a new perspective and engage with others as we begin this purposeful journey together.

08/30/2022

IPE Student Innovation Challenge

The Office of IPE is sponsoring a few student-lead IPE initiatives. Interprofessional teams of students are challenged with developing and implementing a healthcare project to address an identified healthcare issue within the state of WV as well as an objective of Healthy People 2030. Four teams may be awarded up to $2500 in project funding as well as mentorship and research opportunities. Student submissions are due by October 3rd.

For more information, please contact Katie Smalley ([email protected]).

08/24/2022

What a wonderful opportunity our IPE team has had to present at to share our accomplishments and flourish new ideas for Interprofessional Education!

Dr Gina Baugh & Katie Smalley presented the amazing patient outcomes demonstrated by having WVU IPE student teams in the WVUH Transitions of Care Clinic (spearheaded by Dr Sizemore, Dr Sankineni, & Dr Thayer).

Adam Hoffman shared his work with the IDEAS project, which integrates a telepresence robot to simulate a snippet of patient life after discharge with the goal to prevent readmission.

Love to learn? We’d love to have you! Students & faculty are invited to get involved. Email [email protected] and say hello!

11/17/2020

Interprofessional Education Spring Monday afternoon session dates:

January 25 and March 1, 2021