The Healthy Aging Initiative was born through the initial funding through the CDC-funded Building Our Largest Dementia (BOLD) Infrastructure for Alzheimer’s Disease Project in collaboration with the Wisconsin Department of Health. This funding created, and now supports the Interprofessional Learning Community Caregiving Badge (IPL Badge). The IPL Badge led by UW CIPE at UW–Madison, was initially funded as a 3-year telehealth community placement project, added the simulation learning, Advanced Dementia Interprofessional Clinical Simulation (ADICS), in Fall 2022 and recently this project was expanded to include the “Healthy Brain Healthy Aging” badge with funding for another 5 years under BOLD 2.0. The primary goal of the IPE-Healthy Aging Initiative (IPE-HAI) is to develop, pilot, and implement a program focusing on cognitive health to prepare health profession students to learn and work collaboratively with people living with dementia and their caregivers.
Students who engage in the IPE-HAI gain a multitude of knowledge from working on Interprofessional teams, to working with community members, and also learning about dementia. While community members were involved in the curriculum planning and design for the IPL Dementia Caregiving Badge, real-life caregivers serve as the teacher for each team during the IPL Dementia Caregiving Badge.
Across these IPE-HAI offerings, two measures are used to assess learning outcomes across dementia knowledge (Pre-Post Dementia Knowledge Assessment Scale- DKAS) and interprofessional practice (Pre-Post IPE Survey- which includes the Interprofessional Socialization and Valuing Scale (ISVS-21) and Assessment of Interprofessional Team Collaboration Scale (AITCS)). Trends in this data show positive correlations to support the goal of the IPE-HAI of educating health professional students to learn and work collaboratively with people living with dementia and their caregivers. Pre-Post data across all IPE-HAI offerings for DKAS are Pre-DKAS: 13.77/25 Post-DKAS: 21.21/25. Pre-Post data across all IPE-HAI offerings for ISVS-21 include Pre-ISVS-21: 5.44/7 and Post-ISVS-21: 6.02/7. Pre-Post data across all IPE-HAI offerings for AITCS include Pre-AITCS: 4.20/5 and Post-AITCS : 4.52/5. Results and quotes collected are notable in the areas of dementia knowledge learned, interprofessional socialization and valuing, interprofessional team collaboration, and students truly realizing the varied needs of caregivers and caregiver capacity, all of which contribute to helping to push forward aspects of the quintuple aim. These results as well as quotes from participants (including students, and caregivers) will be shared via the lightning talk.
Additional acknowledgements to be made to Dr. Hossein Khalili, Dr. Tracy Tracy Schroepfer, Chinh Kieu, and Anna Lemke.
In support of improving patient care, this activity is planned and implemented by The National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education Office of Interprofessional Continuing Professional Development (National Center OICPD). The National Center OICPD is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
As a Jointly Accredited Provider, the National Center is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. The National Center maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive continuing education credits.
The National Center OICPD (JA#: 4008105) is approved by the Board of Certification, Inc. to provide continuing education to Athletic Trainers (ATs).
This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credit for learning and change.
Physicians: The National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education designates this live activity for AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with their participation.
Physician Assistants: The American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA) accepts credit from organizations accredited by the ACCME.
Nurses: Participants will be awarded contact hours of credit for attendance at this workshop.
Nurse Practitioners: The American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Certification Program (AANPCP) accepts credit from organizations accredited by the ACCME and ANCC.
Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians: This activity is approved for contact hours.
Athletic Trainers: This program is eligible for Category A hours/CEUs. ATs should claim only those hours actually spent in the educational program.
Social Workers: As a Jointly Accredited Organization, the National Center is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. The National Center maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive continuing education credits.
IPCE: This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credits for learning and change.
Learners can claim CE credit by completing the Daily Evaluation.
