Mission
The mission of the Office of Interprofessional Education and Practice is to empower individuals to improve the health and wellbeing of eastern North Carolina and beyond by:
- Fostering an environment that values interprofessional education and practice (IPEP).
- Promoting research driven innovations in interprofessional education and practice (IPEP).
- Educating students and faculty about interprofessional team skills.
- Providing opportunities to explore and engage in clinical and community collaborations.
- Preparing health professionals to collaborate effectively focusing on improving the quality and value of care that patients and the community experience.
- Advocating and serving as a resource for interprofessional collaboration across the Division of Health Sciences, particularly focusing on accreditation and faculty affairs.
Vision
Our vision is to create an interprofessional culture for diverse learners and faculty through professional development, collaborative networking, and interprofessional clinically relevant immersion experiences.
Values
Our values are:
- Professionalism – Promote ethical standards and respect the roles and dignity of the health professionals with whom we work.
- Collaboration – Recognize the value of, and understand our responsibility to educate, service, and perform well on patient-centered teams.
- Scholarship – Seek new evidence to improve interprofessional education and clinical experiences and disseminate this new knowledge to eastern North Carolina and beyond.
- Dedication – Participate and support interprofessional education and practice through integrated curriculum and special events.
- Inclusive Excellence — Patients, health team members, and populations contribute different lived experiences, backgrounds, and identities. Embracing these differences contribute to a diverse workforce and better outcome for patient care.