Artificial intelligence (AI) is expected to impact interprofessional education and collaborative practice by enabling personalized learning paths, enhancing communication among diverse professional groups, and facilitating more effective, data-driven decision-making. Busy leaders of interprofessional education programs must have opportunities to explore AI tools, which hold promise for streamlining administrative tasks, personalizing learning, and optimizing outcomes, allowing them to manage their demanding roles and time more efficiently. During this seminar, session leaders will present…

In November 2023, the Interprofessional Education Collaborative (IPEC) Executive Board released version 3 of the IPEC Core Competencies to reflect the changing IPEC membership and to advance current research, policy, education, and practice realities. Given the changes to the competencies and lack of current assessment tools, this seminar will provide participants with much needed opportunity to discuss application of the competencies to the interprofessional learning continuum model (IPLC) (Institute of Medicine, 2015) and how this might be useful for evaluating application of the…

In the rapidly evolving landscape of healthcare, interprofessional education (IPE) serves as a cornerstone in preparing students across health professions to deliver collaborative and patient- and family-centered care. The partnership with patients and family members in interprofessional education is pivotal. It provides students with real-world perspectives on the impacts of medical decisions and care processes, offering insights that are often absent in traditional clinical education. By learning directly from the experiences of those they aim to serve, students develop a greater empathy…