WHSC Office of Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice announces 2024 IPECP project awardees

By Rebecca Baggett Feb. 22, 2024

The Woodruff Health Sciences Center (WHSC) Office of Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice (IPECP) has announced its 2024 IPECP Project Award recipients. The IPECP Project Awards provide each project team funds to conduct work that will expand the development of IPECP innovations that enhance the WHSC strategic plan and foster relationships across WHSC schools and programs.

All regular WHSC faculty are eligible to apply for an IPECP Project Award, and project teams must include members from two or more WHSC academic degree programs. In 2024, projects emphasizing student curriculum and learning opportunities were given funding priority. Additionally, funded projects must be connected to one or more of the five Office of IPECP essential pillars:

Faculty development
Student curriculum and learning opportunities
Research
Simulation
Clinical practice

This is a competitive awards program, with two reviewers assessing each proposal followed by discussion and consideration by the full Office of IPECP Advisory Committee.

“We are delighted to announce our 2024 IPECP Project Awardees,” says Jodie L. Guest, co-director of the Office of IPECP. “These innovative projects will provide excellent interprofessional opportunities for Emory health professional students, allowing them to engage in clinical practice, simulation and research. We are thrilled to support opportunities like these for students to participate in applied interprofessional learning activities.”

“We received proposals from faculty across the WHSC this year, and we look forward to continuing to support health sciences faculty, students and trainees in the coming years,” says Beth Ann Swan, who serves as co-director of the Office of IPECP with Guest.

The Office of IPECP will issue its next IPECP Project Award request for proposals in September 2024. For more information on the awards program and the office, visit the WHSC Office of IPECP website.

The 2024 IPECP Project Award Recipients

Project Title

DPT and MD Program Student Engagement in Emory Farmworker Project

Launched in 1996, the Emory Farmworker Project provides free health care to more than 2,000 farmworkers and their families annually in pop-up clinics in Bainbridge and Valdosta, Georgia. Led by the Emory University School of Medicine’s Physician Assistant Program, this project will support the inclusion of DPT and MD students in the program.

“One of the key components of health care is the ability to work on interprofessional teams to deliver the best care to the patient. IPECP funding for MD and DPT students to attend the Emory Farmworker Project will allow several of our students to utilize concepts they have learned in the classroom and practice these skills under supervision in the field. The funding will also allow us to measure the attitudes about interprofessional collaboration and team psychological safety.” — Stacey Higgins, project principal investigator

Project Team

Stacey Higgins, MD, FACPS, professor of medicine and associate dean of student affairs, Emory University School of Medicine (principal investigator)
Douglas Ander, MD, professor of emergency medicine and assistant dean for medical education, Emory University School of Medicine
Sara Pullen, PT, DPT, MPH, CHES, professor of rehabilitation medicine and co-director, Emory World Health Organization Collaborating Centre Division of Physical Therapy Program, Emory University School of Medicine

Project Title

Fellowship in Advocacy, Community Engagement and Social Entrepreneurship (FACES) in Georgia Perinatal Health

FACES is an interdisciplinary, experiential learning opportunity for Emory students. Student fellows meet with leaders in perinatal health-focused organizations and learn about legislative policy, programming and innovative services being developed for and delivered to pregnant and postpartum people in Georgia. As Georgia is among the worst states for maternal health outcomes, this pressing issue requires creative solutions to various complex problems.

“Receiving an IPECP grant for the Fellowship in Advocacy, Community Engagement and Social Entrepreneurship in Georgia Perinatal Health program will allow us to support students from across Emory as they spend time with community-based and nonprofit organizations with unique perspectives on addressing maternal mortality in Georgia. This grant supports collaborative projects with those organizations as well as allows us to plan for site visits to both the Capitol and rural Georgia to see the reality of maternal care in the state.” — Shannon Stevenson, project principal investigator

Project Team

Shannon Stevenson, EdD, MSN, RNC-OB, RNC-MNN, CNE, assistant professor, Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing (principal investigator)
Sarah Blake, PhD, MA, associate professor, Rollins School of Public Health
Jasmine Clark, PhD, senior clinical instructor, Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing
Lalita Kaligotla, MA, MBA, professor of practice and senior director of leadership and engagement, Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing

Project Title

Interprofessional Patient Handoff Report in High-Fidelity Simulation

This project will explore the influence of a high-fidelity, simulation-based learning experience on nursing and physical therapy students’ ability to demonstrate interprofessional competencies. Focus will be placed on communication, specifically students’ ability to deliver an effective situation-background-assessment-recommendation (SBAR) handoff report to a colleague from a different profession than their own.

“The IPECP Project Award is supporting a dynamic learning experience for nursing and physical therapy students to actively engage with each other in a simulated patient care scenario. The goals of this project are to increase students’ understanding of interprofessional roles and responsibilities, refine their communication skills and reduce hesitancy and uncertainty in reaching out to interprofessional colleagues in clinical practice.” — LisaMarie Wands, project principal investigator

Project Team

LisaMarie Wands, PhD, RN, CHSE-A, CNE, associate clinical professor, Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing (principal investigator)
Kathy Lee Bishop, PT, DPT, FNAP, associate professor, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine Division of Physical Therapy, Emory University School of Medicine
Gina Shannon, MAT, associate director, Human Simulation Education Center, Emory University School of Medicine
Jennifer Sharp, PT, DPT, assistant professor, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine Division of Physical Therapy, Emory University School of Medicine

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