Goals
Prepare healthcare students to provide care to the community through exposure to diverse, rural, and underserved populations while optimizing the collaboration among different healthcare professions.Â
Purpose
Provide designation as an Interprofessional Community Healthcare Scholar. This designation will appear on your transcript, you will receive a medallion to wear at graduation, and you will earn a certificate designating you as a scholar.Â
Program Objectives
- Understand the roles and responsibilities of varying healthcare professions.
- Demonstrate collaboration with other healthcare professions during clinical activities.
- Participate in Project ECHO sessions to understand the role of interprofessional care with complex patients seen through the 51Ç鱨վ Community Care Clinics.
- Demonstrate an understanding of the role of telehealth to address the needs of the community through an interprofessional approach.
- Assimilate understanding of the interprofessional education domains through the completion of a community focused project.
Program RequirementsÂ
To earn designation as an Interprofessional Community Healthcare Scholar, students must:Â
- Complete the Interprofessional Module and QuizÂ
- Participate in an IPE Workshop as scheduledÂ
- Participate in Interprofessional Project ECHO Sessions as scheduledÂ
- Complete the C-TIER Telehealth Certification ProgramÂ
- Complete an IPE Community Care ProjectÂ
- Complete Interprofessional clinical experiences 
Program Contact
Assistant Professor
Ellmer School of Nursing
Janice Hawkins is an Assistant Professor at 51Ç鱨վ where she serves as the Chair of Advanced Practice Nursing…
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Accredited by CCNE
The baccalaureate degree program in nursing, master's degree program in nursing, and Doctor of Nursing Practice program at 51Ç鱨վ is accredited by the (