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Audience: Interprofessional educators and practitioners of all experience levels interested in learning about learner assessment in interprofessional education and collaborative practice.

Overview:  Many people teaching interprofessional education and collaborative practice (IPECP) question how to effectively assess participants’ learning. Assessment of  learners who participate in IPECP programs is critically important if the field is to finally fulfill the promise that many believe it holds, i.e., helping achieve the triple aim of improved population health, improved patient experience, and reduced costs. High quality learning assessment will also be an essential component of program evaluations that will enable staff to develop and improve IPECP programs over time, ensuring that learners from the multiple professions who participate will attain the interprofessional skills needed for their careers in the health professions.

An extensive, systematic review of the published literature  by National Center staff ultimately yielded 26 IPECP assessment instruments with some evidence of validity and usability. The identified instruments have been grouped into outcome categories for easy application. In this session the current status of the assessment of learning in IPECP programs will be reviewed and the identified instruments will be highlighted and their uses discussed.

Objectives:

• Understand an outcome-based framework for grouping assessment instruments
• Identify the most needed IPECP assessment instruments and identify a process for creating them
• Examine and critique a set of existing IPECP assessment instruments
• Explain how instructors might use IPECP assessment instruments both with learners and with program staff