IPE PRACTICE

Here are a few JBE interprofessional education (IPE) and interprofessional collaboration (IPC) practice initiatives that took place this Fall! Interprofessional Collaboration occurs when multiple health workers from different professional backgrounds work together with patients, families, caregivers or caretaker, and communities to deliver the highest quality of care across settings.

NEURO Wellness Exercise Classes

The Center for Active Living (CAL), located in the Lane Center, hosts exercise classes for community members which aim to increase quality of life for individual living with chronic conditions through movement and social connections. We have our virtual Move MS program developed and led by Brynn Adamson in HSCI. These classes provide a rich environment for student learning and research. We also have our PWR! Moves classes which primarily serve individuals living with Parkinson’s Disease, but open to anyone looking for additional movement. Theses classes are led by Alivia Bolton, an exercise physiologist, and Jeanette Stewart, a graduate health promotion student. Students are integral to these classes, and these unique applied IPE/IPC learning opportunities provide great experience for students looking to apply for AT, PA, PT, OT, MD, and other related fields! Feel free to reach out if you have students interested in these applied learning opportunities (pwhitney@uccs.edu)!

Benet Hill Wellness Program

The Benet Hill Monastery, located just north of campus in Black Forest, is a growing IPE and IPC partnership. This collaboration was created to help holistically support the health and wellbeing of the Benet Hill Sisters while also providing students from different disciplines the opportunity to work and learn together. The interprofessional faculty and practice team includes: Amy Silva-Smith (NUR); LaVonne Johnson (NUR), Magdalene Lim (PSYCH); Sylvia Sevcikova (NUR); Paige Whitney (HSCI); and Jessica Zamzow (PSYCH). This team has supported the hands on learning of ~40 students from 6 different disciplines between the assessment and implementation of wellness programs for the sisters. Data from this innovative project was presented at the National Center for Interprofessional Education and Practice (NEXUS) Conference this September. This is an ongoing partnership, if you are interested in learning more or engaging students with this population please reach out (pwhitney@uccs.edu).

Nurturing New Moms: A NFP Wellness Program

Nurturing New Moms is a collaboration between the UCCS based Nurse Family Partnership (NFP) and the Center for Active Living. This collaboration strives to provide wellness programing and social connections for new moms served by the NFP home nurses. The wellness extension of NFP has grown over the last two years after Mary Ann Kates, Summer Hiett, and Paige Whitney were awarded a Faculty Assembly Women’s Committee (FAWC) grant. This Fall, building on previous work by nutrition and health promotion students, three new health promotion students collaborated with the provider and faculty team to develop, implement, and evaluate a 4-week wellness program focused on aspects of social connection, budget friendly meals, physical activity, and family fun. Participants strongly agreed that they plan to use the information given to them and acknowledged that “the people were the best part”. The team’s goal is to continue to grow this IPE and IPC collaboration to concurrently support the NFP families and the confidence of our students.

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