IPE at UAB

Rod Nowakowski, OD, PhDUAB School of Optometry/The Medical CenterBirmingham, AlabamaOctober, 2013

SACS QEP

• QEP should improve an aspect of student learning and enhance the quality of education– Address a specific topic

– Be developed & supported by the campus community

– Have defined goals

– Be evaluated for its effectiveness

• “Learning in a Team Environment”

Morphogenesis

• Interprofessional Education

• Clinical Simulation

• Center for Interprofessional

Simulation

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IPE at UAB - Simulation Resources

• The Office of Interprofessional Simulation for Innovative Clinical Practice works closely with the various simulation centers within the UAB system:– The UAB Hospital Center for Patient Safety and

Advance Medical Simulation

– Children's Hospital of Alabama Pediatric Simulation Center

– UAB Learning Resources Center Skills & Simulation Lab

IPE at UAB - Fundamentals Courses

• Virtually all basic science courses in the curriculum are taught with optometry and dentistry together

• This covers a range of fundamental disciplines, including:– Anatomy, Physiology

– Biochemistry, Genetics, Immunology

– Microbiology, Pathology and Pharmacology

IPE at UAB - Systems Courses

• And a series of Systems-based courses:– Neuroscience

– Cardiovascular

– Pulmonary

– Renal

– Musculoskeletal/Skin

– Gastrointestinal

– Hematology and Endocrine

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• Consulting Physicians in the Ocular Disease and Low Vision Service

• Interprofessional Collaborative Practice Model at M-Power Health Center

• The Bell Center• Interprofessional externship sites• Interprofessional residency rotation sites

IPE at UAB - Global Health Course

• Offered a newly developed course to Professional Program students– It is an interdisciplinary, primarily online,

course involving health professions (Medicine, Dentistry, Optometry, Nursing, Public Health etc) and some non-health professional schools (e.g. Engineering, Business, undergraduate).

– Interprofessional Collaborations in Global Health 

IPE at UAB

Rod Nowakowski, OD, PhDUAB School of Optometry/The Medical CenterBirmingham, AlabamaOctober, 2013