Vanderbilt Program in Interprofessional Learning (VPIL)

04/18/2023

04/05/2023

VPIL teams wrapped up the clinical year today, and students with Dr. Bo Lovvorn in the pediatric surgery clinic celebrated a great experience.

"As mentor in the Pediatric Surgery clinic, we have had four, 2-year teams comprised each of one medical, advanced practice nursing, pharmacy, & social work student. I’ve learned WAY more from the students than they from me! Thrilled to see this group off on their unique careers!" Lovvorn said.

01/11/2023

Happy New Year! Today, our VPIL 2 students kicked off 2023 by immersing themselves in a health care insurance seminar and simulation led by Dr. John Graves, where students were able to act as “customers” and “insurers” who buy and sell insurance plans under different policy regimes in order to better understand the role health insurance plays in the US health system.

09/20/2022

Thanks to Dr. Gruss for hosting our VPIL 1 students and faculty at his beautiful home in Nashville last Friday. The students spent time immersing themselves in conversation over dinner and beverages, building relationships that will benefit them as interprofessional teammates. Cheers to two years ahead in VPIL!

06/15/2022

We are proud to have one of the top children’s hospitals in the country as a clinical site where our student teams can train with outstanding physicians, nurses, counselors, pharmacists, and social workers!

U.S. News & World Report has once again named Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt one of the top pediatric hospitals in the nation for 2022-23.

Our students train with renowned faculty and staff in the No. 1 children's hospital in Tennessee, with 10 out of 10 pediatric specialty programs nationally ranked.

Read more from VUMC Reporter: https://news.vumc.org/2022/06/14/monroe-carell-jr-childrens-hospital-at-vanderbilt-earns-top-honors-from-u-s-news-world-report-4/

06/01/2022

Happy Wednesday, VPIL! We sure are missing our students on these summer Wednesday afternoons. As we finish up our admissions process for the 2022-2023 school year, we want to remind everyone that Immersion will take place on July 11 & 12 via Zoom. Incoming students and faculty, please mark your calendars as Immersion is mandatory! Stay tuned for an email with more information!

04/28/2022

A couple of weeks ago, our VPIL 2 students presented their Capstone projects. We are so proud of all that these students have accomplished over the past two years, it was an honor to celebrate with them. Congratulations, everyone!

PC 📸: Elena Carro, VMAA

04/14/2022

How awesome is this team?! We are so proud!

The Vanderbilt Program in Interprofessional Learning (VPIL) combines approaches from medicine, nursing, pharmacy, social work, and counseling to inform student training and patient care By: Lexie Little In January 2016, Blair Miller, Pharm.D., of Vanderbilt University Health walked laps around her u...

03/10/2022

Do you remember your last visit with Mr. Atkins?

Last week, Vanderbilt Program in Interprofessional Learning (VPIL) teams wrapped up a longitudinal encounter with their fictional patient, Mr. Atkins.

Over the course of two years, teams work through prompts related to the patient’s health, addressing physical, mental, and emotional needs. Teams of medical, pharmacy, social work, counseling, and nursing students collaborate to find the best treatment plan based on recent histories.

Learn more about VPIL clinical experience: https://medschool.vanderbilt.edu/vpil/about-the-program/

05/06/2021

It was an honor celebrating all the accomplishments of our VPIL 2 students!

by Emma Mattson For M2 Bushra Rahman, this April meant saying some bittersweet goodbyes. As a first-year med student, Rahman joined the Vanderbilt Program for Interprofessional Learning (VPIL). In the almost two years since then, she’s worked on an interdisciplinary team alongside nursing, pharmac...