Certificate Program in Community-Based IPE
Building a Learning Community Together: Interprofessional Learning in Practice through Academic-Community Partnerships
What is the Nexus?
A very real and substantial gap exists between health professions education and health care delivery in the United States. The Nexus addresses this gap by: redesigning both healthcare education and healthcare delivery simultaneously to be better integrated and more interprofessional while demonstrating outcomes.
Nexus teams pull together vastly different stakeholders such as people/patients/clients, families and communities; and incorporate students and residents into the interprofessional team. This helps achieve the Quadruple Aim of Health of improving experiences, outcomes, costs, and care team well-being in healthcare and education.
Certificate Program Overview
The road map to the future in health care is driven by individuals, families, and caregivers, leading out of the hospital into outpatient, community and home settings. It’s ambitious, noble and challenging work that is pivotal to the future of health systems and health professions education.
The National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education is learning important lessons about how to redesign impactful interprofessional practice and education1 programs in ambulatory and community settings, following a large-scale implementation of community-academic partnerships in 16 sites around the nation over two years.
Join us for this course series to learn the key concepts, lessons learned and models of engagement that can ground your partnership in a shared understanding and commitment to goals and learning and health outcomes.
About the Certificate Program
Our online courses with coaching model combines dynamic expert content, meaningful program and partnership development resources, and a social learning environment to promote engagement and sharing. Each course includes lessons, case studies, and resources to promote active learning, and assessments and activities.
The certificate program includes six courses led by expert faculty. Expert faculty work with participants through each course, guiding discussions and providing feedback on lessons, assignments and group activities.
To make the most of the program resources, Nexus teams (academic-community partners) are encouraged to register and participate in the six-course curriculum together. As a part of the six-course series, your Nexus team will work together to define your program and then directly apply your learning to move your program forward.
Following completion of the six courses, participants will receive a certificate from the National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education Program in Community-Based IPE.
1Interprofessional Practice and Education “occurs when two or more professions learn with, about, and from each other to enable effective collaboration and improve health outcomes.” World Health Organization, 2010.