New Office Expands Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice

The Woodruff Health Sciences Center has established an Office of Inter-professional Education and Collaborative Practice (IPECP).

Launched in March 2022, the office prepares the health care workforce through interprofessional opportunities that improve the health of communities served by the Woodruff Health Sciences Center. The center includes Emory’s schools of medicine, public health, and nursing; the Emory National Primate Research Center; the Winship Cancer Institute; and Emory Healthcare.

Linda McCauley, PhD, RN, FAAN, FRCN, dean of the School of Nursing, and Ira Horowitz, MD, executive associate dean of faculty and clinical affairs at the School of Medicine, led the effort to create an IPECP Council in 2018.

The new IPECP office is led by Jodie Guest, 92MPH, 99PhD, senior vice chair of the Department of Epidemiology at the Rollins School of Public Health, and Beth Ann Swan, PhD, RN, FAAN, associate dean and vice president for academic practice partnerships and executive director of the Emory Nursing Learning Center.

The office’s work involves enhancing interprofessional curricula, accelerating the adoption of team-based care models, and supporting research on inter professional collaborations.