IPE Scholars Program

As an IPE Scholar, participants are expected: 

1. Participate in monthly sessions for the community of practice (this meetings usually occur during the lunch hour) 

2. Produce a scholarly output (e.g. new interprofessional initiative, program evaluation, publication) 

3. Take responsibility for one of the monthly sessions – scholars will present their IPE initiative or use a scholarly piece of work to stimulate dialogue 

After an inaugural welcome event, each scholar will take responsibility for one scholarship event during the course of their two-year tenure called Scholar’s Hour. Scholars will present their IPE initiative or use a scholarly article related to IPE as a mechanism to stimulate dialogue. UBC Health will provide scholars with guidelines around expectations and objectives.  

The scholarship session will take the form of a community of practice delivered in partnership with UBC Health. Members of the UBC Health team will be available to assist with the overall event delivery, but all session content will be the responsibility of program participants. 

Possible areas of focus for IPE Scholars (priority areas identified by UBC Health) include: 

• innovative longitudinal approaches to classroom-based IPE;  

• practice education initiatives that build capacity for interprofessional placement;  

• patient engagement in interprofessional collaborative initiatives;  

• preceptor and faculty development to support interprofessional student learning; and 

• learner assessment of collaborative interprofessional competencies.   

• distributed models of interprofessional education 

IPE Scholars are expected to attend and participate in monthly meetings including other Scholar’s events where they will engage with the cohort in academic discussions.