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Badge in Interprofessional Collaborative Practice, Undergraduate

The badge for interprofessional education and collaborative practice (IPE/IPC) focuses on the knowledge and application of IPEC (Interprofessional Collaborative) core competencies within and among health and related professions. The Midwest Interprofessional Practice, Education, and Research Center (MIPERC) has provided an organization certificate since 2009 to students who participated in organization events. Students demonstrate new learning in areas of core competencies when students from two or more professions learn about, from, and with each other to enable effective collaboration and improve health outcomes (WHO, 2010).

Length of Time to Complete: a minimum of one calendar year is needed. Most students will complete in two years.

Badge Criteria:

• Students enrolled in the badge will meet with the discipline's IPE Faculty Champion to ensure clear expectations of badge completion.
• Students will complete five foundational modules provided via Blackboard on the following topics. Each module has an assessment requiring an 80% pass rate.
• Students will indicate receipt of an Interprofessional Collaborative Practice in the Workplace document that includes research about the duality of role development for the health care workforce (gov.org); research about health care employers' response to IPC/IPP competencies for employment; content development (WHO); and FAQ about benefits of IPC/IPP competency development.
• Students will join and participate in the student-led Promoting Interprofessional Education for Students (PIPES) organization, including a minimum of two interactions with community agencies to learn how multiple disciplines interface.
• Students will enroll and complete with a B- or better grade in a 1 to 5 credit course. A list of possible courses is made available to students on the Blackboard site and is shown below.

Program	Course
Allied Health Science	AHS 495 - Issues in Health Professions (3 credits)
Health Information Management	HIM 365 - Quality Management in Health Care (3 credits)
Medical Laboratory Science	MLS 495 - Medical Laboratory Science Capstone (3 credits)
Nursing (Undergraduate)	IPE 402 - Interprofessional Education for Collaborative Practice (2 credits)
Nursing (RN-BSN)	NUR 428 - Interprofessional Healthcare Team Dynamics (2 credits)
Nursing (Second degree)	NUR 324 - Introduction to Professional Nursing Theory (3 credits)
Radiation Therapy	RIT 310 - Radiation Therapy Patient Care (3 credits)
Recreation Therapy	RTX 304 - Diagnostic Groups in Recreational Therapy (3 credits)

• Students will participate in and complete a minimum of six IPE/C activities such as simulations, case studies, patient presentations, huddles, journal discussions, and service-learning. Offerings are provided ongoing with a minimum of 8 opportunities per calendar year.
• Students will write a reflective statement to summarize IPE/C experiences demonstrating use of critical thinking to identify benefits and challenges. A rubric is provided.
• Students will complete a summative/Culminating Experience. Students will determine a choice to demonstrate new learning about IPE/C through: writing a simulation case study, completing a literature review with resultant poster, or writing a research paper comparing and contrasting IPE/C implementation in multiple settings and submit for approval of the IPE Faculty Champion. Rubrics are provided.
• It is the student's responsibility to ensure that all documents are entered in a timely manner to the Blackboard site.