Welcome to the portal for the UCSF Program for Interprofessional Practice and Education (PIPE). Here you will find information regarding our approach to IPE and how to get involved in opportunities geared toward UCSF learners, faculty and staff.
Learn more about IPE at UCSF.
Our goal is to ensure that students and trainees in health professions build a skill set that will ultimately increase patient safety, reduce errors, maximize efficiencies, and improve quality of care.
The opening kickoff session for the Core Principles of Interprofessional Practice course was held on October 22nd, 2018 for 600 first-year students from the Schools of Dentistry, Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy and Physical Therapy. Chancellor Hawgood welcomed the students and keynote speakers, Drs. Kathy Ghomeshi & Bob Wachter provided an introduction to team-based health care and its importance in patient safety through the lens of a case presentation involving a medical error. The students had an opportunity to get to know the members of their interprofessional small group and work collaboratively to analyze a patient case to identify strengths in interprofessional collaboration and strategies for improving team collaboration to improve patient outcomes.
The students will be meeting for small group sessions through Fall 2019. The next session will be held on January 14th 2019.
