Application for IPE Certificate of Honors

The student will submit a brief application and informed consent for the interprofessional honors program.
Students will fill out the application here.

Students will meet the requirements for 5 out of 7 of the following categories (Informative, Elective, Interactive, Executive, Innovative, Initiative, and Immersive/Reflective) and the mandatory Summative survey by the end of their academic program.

Check the progress of your audit here - http://ipehonors.health.unm.edu/

IPE Certificate of Honors Program Categories

Informative 

Informative (experiences with professionals from different fields in a teaching setting) 

Examples:

• IPE Info Series
• Attending the AHEC ECHO Primary Care Clinic or the ECHO Institute TeleECHO programs
• Shadowing a person in another health field
• Attending a lecture from a health professional in another field

Elective 

Elective (taking one of the Interprofessional Education elective courses) 

Examples:

• One of the courses in the Healing Arts in Medicine program
• The Curanderismo in the Southwest and Mexico course
• The Maternal and Child Health Certificate courses through Population Health
• The Mindfulness, Health and Wellbeing course
• The Geriatric Elective
• The Climate Change and Public Health Preparedness course
• Health Professional Students, residents, and fellows are welcome to propose courses

Interactive (can do this category twice) 

Interactive (interactive interprofessional education student activities)

Examples:

• UNM HSC Interprofessional Outreaches
• Values, Ethics & Shared Decision-Making Workshop
• HIV in Primary Care
• Participate in an Interprofessional Component of a course they are taking:
  • Transitions of Care
  • Social Determinants of Health
  • Pharmacology in the Clinic
  • Transgender Care Workshop
• Presenting a case for the AHEC ECHO Clinic, Stand Up Geriatric initiative, AOC outreach, WEHC outreach, One Hope Outreach, GEHM Clinic, the Health and Wellness Fitness Outreach, New Day Outreach.
• Participating as an outreach coordinator

Executive (can do this category twice) 

Executive (student leadership in interprofessional education, practice or community collaboration) 

Examples:

• HSC student Council
• AOC leadership
• SECiH Leadership group
• The New Day student leadership group
• The LGBTQ+ HSC interest group
• The White Coats for Black and Indigenous Lives (WC4BIL)
• AHEC Scholars program
• The NMHCOP Ambassadors program
• Engagement with the Native Health Institute.

Innovative 

Innovative (development & delivery of an interprofessional education activity or outreach)  

Examples:

• StandUp Geriatric Initiative
• Fiore’s Project
• An IPE Seminar on a population health topic
• Developing an interdisciplinary OSCE case study
• Organizing the patient care challenge event
• Participating in PhotoVoice follow up advocacy/action team
• Building an activity for a SECiH outreach day

Initiative  

Initiative (interprofessional quality improvement, capstone, or research project)  

Health Professional students, residents and fellows can work on a quality improvement project or research on interprofessional practice, roles and responsibilities.  This initiative should highlight the Interprofessional Education Consortium (IPEC) competencies (roles and responsibilities, communication, teamwork, and/or values, ethics and shared decision making in a clinical setting or health care system). In addition, participants can work together across disciplines to build a presentation for a conference or deliver an educational offering that addresses one or more of the IPE competencies will also qualify for this category. 

Account for your (Informative, Elective, Interactive, Executive, Innovative, and Initiative) event activities here: https://ctsctrials.health.unm.edu/redcap/surveys/?s=8L9NNJTPFF 

Immersive/Reflective

Immersive/Reflective (Reflection as a way to explore our experiences of interdisciplinary teams).

4 reflections on clinical rotations.  As Health Professional students, residents or fellows engage in interprofessional clinical, internship, clerkships, or fieldwork rotations they will have the opportunity to reflect on their experiences practicing Inter-professionally and gain credit for these experiences. At least 4 clinical rotation evaluations will be required for this category. 

Account for your rotation activities: https://ctsctrials.health.unm.edu/redcap/surveys/?s=TH7D8FYEPJ  

Summative Assessment

Program Expectations of the student

Once the requirements are met, students can fill out one final reflection which will notify the IPE program that they intend to graduate with the Certificate of IPE Honors, which must be done 90 days prior to graduation. 

Summative:

https://ctsctrials.health.unm.edu/redcap/surveys/?s=9D83JMJLK7