IPE Activity Repository
The purpose of this page is to index and develop a repository of the existing interprofessional education (IPE) activities led by faculty, staff, and/or students at UTHSC.
This information may be used to:
- Facilitate partnerships and other opportunities for programs to collaborate.
- Promote awareness of existing IPE opportunities within UTHSC.
- Provide relevant information needed for educational program accreditation.
Current IPE Activities at UTHSC
| IPE Activity | Description | Activity Contact | Programs Participating | Occurrence |
| Art of Consultation and Interprofessional Collaboration: Opioid Prescribing | Students work as a team through two patient cases around opioid prescribing and recommendations to determine the best course of therapy. The session concludes with a debriefing. |
Medicine Pharmacy |
Three times annually | |
| Assistive Technology and Augmentative Communication Workshop | Students create and receive training on assistive technology and augmentative communication materials in preparation of clinical work. | Stephanie Lancaster |
Occupational Therapy Speech Language Pathology |
Annually |
| Clinica Esperanza | Clínica Esperanza, with the support of Christ Community Health Services, is a primary care clinic serving uninsured and underserved, Hispanic or Latinx patients in Memphis | Clinic Leadership |
Medicine Pharmacy Physical Therapy |
Weekly |
| Fall Prevention IPE | Students work together to determine how to decrease the risk of falls for an elderly patient presented in a case. |
Orli Weisser-Pike |
Occupational Therapy Pharmacy Physical Therapy |
Annually, fall semester |
| Foundations of Interprofessional Practice & Multidisciplinary Panel Discussion | Students are provided with an overview of interprofessional education and interprofessional collaborative practice, including the improvements in healthcare that are possible using this approach. A panel of professionals representing a wide array of healthcare professionals (e.g., medicine, psychology, social work, dentistry, OT, PT, nursing and physician assistant) describe their role as part of a healthcare team and answer questions from the student audience. | Bruce Keisling |
Medicine Professionals from various disciplines |
Annually |
| IPE Day | IPE Day provides an opportunity for students across programs to break down barriers and learn together during a luncheon followed by various breakout activities. | Liz Hall |
Audiology Dental Hygiene Dentistry Medical Lab Sciences Medicine Nursing Nursing Practice Occupational Therapy Pharmacy Physical Therapy Physician Assistant Speech Language Pathology |
Annually, in October |
| Negotiation and Conflict Resolution in Interdisciplinary Settings | As a component of the Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities (LEND) program curriculum, students complete the Thomas-Kilmann Conflict Mode Instrument to learn about their degree of assertiveness and cooperativeness in conflict situations. Students are provided information about understanding their "blind spots," strategies for bolstering their negotiation skills, and discuss with each other how they can apply this to their professional role, all within the context of interpersonal teaming and clinical care. | Bruce Keisling |
Nutrition (external) Physical Therapy Psychology (external) Speech-language Pathology Social Work (external) |
Annually |
| Patient Transfer Lab |
Students work together to educate and problem solve tub, toilet, and bed transfers for simulated patients with various conditions. |
Occupational Therapy Physical Therapy |
Spring semester |
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| Poverty Simulation | Participants simulate a month of living on low income and make sure their families bills are paid and needs are met. Participants spend four 15-minute weeks interacting with volunteers who portray the agencies and service providers in the simulated small town followed by a 30-60 minute debrief. |
Dentistry Medicine Nursing Nursing Practice Occupational Therapy Physical Therapy Physician Assistant |
Various dates throughout the year |
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| Social Determinants of Health Patient Case | Students work together in small groups to navigate various social determinant of health needs for a patient at three different points of care: 1) hospital admission, 2) hospital discharge, and 3) a home visit. |
Katie March |
Medicine Pharmacy Physician Assistant Social Work (external) |
Annually |
| Transitions of Care: Interprofessional Team-based Care Study | Students navigate the care of a patient in an ambulatory care setting. The patient is being seen in clinic as a follow-up visit after a recent hospital discharge for hypertensive emergency. The students are provided different documents based on profession (e.g. medicine - hospital discharge notes; pharmacy - medication fill history) and must work together to determine possible reasons for recent admission and how to prevent them in the future. Additionally, the second part of the activity is based on patient education. The students must work together to educate the patient on disease state management and medications. |
Katie March |
Medicine Pharmacy |
Annually, spring semester |
| Wellness and Stress Clinic | Clinic that provides free primary care for the Oakhaven Community of Memphis every Monday evening. | Clinic Staff |
Medicine Pharmacy Physician Assistant Social Work (external) |
Weekly |
Previous IPE Activities at UTHSC
| IPE Activity | Description | Activity Contact | Programs Participating | Last Occurrence |
| CDC Health in a Box Asthma Module | This is an interactive session where students explore the potential root causes of illness, the social determinants of health. | Jess Guthrie |
Medicine Nursing Pharmacy Physical Therapy Physician Assistant |
Spring 2023 |
| Color of Care Documentary Screening |
A screening of the documentary The Color of Care, from executive producer Oprah Winfrey: "The Color of Care is a new documentary that traces the origins of racial health disparities to practices that began during slavery in the U.S. and continue today. Using moving testimony from those who lost loved ones to COVID-19 and frontline medical workers in overwhelmed hospitals, it interweaves expert interviews and powerful data to expose the devastating toll of embedded racism in our healthcare system." |
Jess Guthrie |
Dentistry Medicine Nursing Nursing Practice Occupational Therapy Pharmacy Physical Therapy Physician Assistant |
May 2023 |
| Lauderdale Health Fair | An interprofessional outreach event sponsored by the UTHSC College of Nursing to offer health resources and screenings to the people of Lauderdale County | Michelle Rickard |
Dental Hygiene Dentistry Medicine Nursing Nursing Practice Pharmacy Physical Therapy |
October 2023 |
| Teamwork and Infection Control in Health Care | A hands-on exercise adapted from a lesson plan in the “Changing the Face of Medicine” resources that explores communication, teamwork, and infection control in health care, followed by an interprofessional panel discussion. | Liz Hall |
Medicine Nursing Nursing Practice Pharmacy Pre-health Students Physical Therapy Physician Assistant |
July 2024 |