ASAHP Awards 2024 Excellence in Interprofessional Collaboration

Washington, D.C., August 1, 2024 – The Association of Schools Advancing Health Professions (ASAHP) is pleased to announce the University of Central Florida (UCF) has been awarded ASAHP’s Award for Institutional Excellence and Innovation in Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Health Care. “ASAHP’s multidisciplinary membership has made it a leader in interprofessional health education (IPE) and practice (IPCP), and ASAHP serves as a collaborative resource and advocates for interprofessional education to students, faculty, professional accrediting bodies, and practitioners through instruction, research and service,” said ASAHP President Craig Jackson, MSW, JD, FASAHP. “The ASAHP Board would like to offer our congratulations to the University of Central Florida for their incredible achievement in IPE and IPCP.

University of Central Florida

The University of Central Florida’s Vice President for Health Affairs and Dean of the College of Medicine, Dr. Deborah German, M.D., shared, “When healthcare professionals work together as a team, the patient always gets better care. Our faculty are committed to creating that kind of experience for all of our students.” 

College of Health Professions and Sciences Interim Dean Matthew Theriot, Ph.D., stated, “We’re incredibly excited to be honored by ASAHP for our innovation in interprofessional education and collaborative healthcare. This recognition is a testament to our dedicated faculty teams who champion this critical work as they train and inspire the next generation of healthcare providers while caring for our community. We’re grateful for ASAHP’s continued leadership in advancing a collaborative approach to healthcare.”

The award winner will be recognized at the 2024 ASAHP Annual Conference Awards Ceremony on October 8, 2024. The winner will be invited to present their work at the 2024 ASAHP Annual Conference in Atlanta, Georgia, on October 9, 2024.

About ASAHP
The Association of School Advancing Health Professions (ASAHP) is a national professional organization of 130 universities and employers focused on critical issues affecting health professions education. ASAHP’s mission is to advance health professions education and discovery through interprofessional collaboration, leadership, excellence, and innovation. As much as 60% of the U.S. healthcare workforce may be classified as ‘health professions’ which are distinct from medicine, nursing, and dentistry, yet equally vital to the health and wellbeing of our society.

Contact:

Kristen Truong kristen@asahp.org Director of Public Affairs ASAHP

Call for Proposals - Interprofesional Innovation Grant Program

The Interprofessional Committee (IPC) of the Association of Schools Advancing Health Professions (ASAHP) developed the Interprofessional Innovation Grant (IIG) Program to provide support for interprofessional collaboration research among the ASAHP membership. The intent is to provide recipients a competitive edge in securing additional funding by supporting pilot projects and further developing grantsmanship skill sets. The intent of the IIG Program is that proposals submitted can be used to develop larger, more extensive interprofessional research projects that further engage faculty and ASAHP members in research endeavors.

WHO IS ELIGIBLE: Faculty at ASAHP Institutions in good standing

AWARD AMOUNT: We expect to fund 3 awards up to $2,000 per award

PROJECT PERIOD: September 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025

GRANT PERIOD: Up to 9 months

APPLICATION DEADLINE:  June 3, 2024

Learn more and apply here.

Applications Now Open for ASAHP's Annual Interprofessional Award

Through the Award for Institutional Excellence and Innovation in Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Health Care, ASAHP looks to recognize a member institution and/or industry member for outstanding achievement in IPE and IPCP. In addition to the award, several institutions will also be recognized as “Programs of Merit” by ASAHP.

Candidates for this award must be ASAHP members and should demonstrate outstanding achievement in the following areas:

1. Initiatives are inclusive and comprehensive in scope in the preparation of collaboration-ready health professionals.

2. Initiatives are strongly committed to assessment of outcomes and dissemination of scholarship.

3. Initiatives are strongly connected to their Institution’s mission and culture.

4. Initiatives are connected to external stakeholders in the community.

5. Initiatives promote personal, community and population health.

6. Initiatives advocate for social justice and address social determinants of health.

Learn more about the award and view the application here.

ASAHP Announces 2023 Regional Summits Across The U.S. Focusing On Collaborative Workforce Development

Washington, D.C. -  The Association of Schools Advancing Health Professions (ASAHP) announced today that it will present the 2023 ASAHP Regional Summits on May 25, 2023 with a theme of “Joining Forces to Build a Resilient, Collaborative and Practice-Ready Healthcare Workforce.” These annual in-person summits bring together academic institutions and their health care industry partners to promote dialogue, improve collaboration, and enhance health outcomes. 

Held in-person concurrently at member institution-hosted “Hubs,” the Summits will culminate in a virtual “harvest” session between Hub participants who engage in a national-level conversation. ASAHP is expanding the 2023 Regional Summits to include six unique Hub site locations across the U.S. In 2022, ASAHP expanded the Regional Summits to three Hub locations; prior to that, the annual event took place in a single location. Each Hub will include an opportunity for dialogue and action between multiple stakeholders from academia and the healthcare industry to discuss improvements to clinical education. The Summits are designed to create specific strategies to enhance health professions education and improve the health of individuals and communities.

The in-person Regional Summit Hubs will take place on Thursday, May 25, 2023 from 12:00 Noon - 4:30 pm (ET)/11:00 am - 3:30 pm (CT)/10:00 am - 2:30 pm (MT) at the following six Hub site locations:

• HUB: Nutley, New Jersey - Seton Hall University's School of Health and Medical Sciences Interprofessional Health Sciences (IHS) Campus. 

• HUB: Layton, Utah - Weber State University’s Dumke College of Health Professions and University of Utah’s College of Health    

• HUB: Houston, Texas - University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB), and University of Texas Health Science Center at School of Allied Health Sciences in San Antonio    

• HUB: Ft. Lauderdale, Florida - Nova Southeastern University

• HUB: Cincinnati, Ohio - University of Cincinnati

• HUB: Sioux Falls, South Dakota - University of South Dakota

ASAHP members and industry partners who are interested in participating may register here.  The deadline for advance registration is May 19th and registration is limited. 

“We are thrilled to expand the Regional Summits this year to six locations across the country where our member institutions and their health industry partners can exchange knowledge and ideas. Participants will devote their day to interprofessional collaboration and problem solving which, we believe, will play a key role in improving both the future of clinical education as well as health outcomes for the U.S. population,” said ASAHP President Deb Larsen, PhD, FASAHP.

About ASAHP
The Association of School Advancing Health Professions (ASAHP) is a national professional organization of 130 universities and employers focused on critical issues affecting health professions education. ASAHP’s mission is to advance health through interprofessional collaboration.

Contact:
Kristen Truong
kristen@asahp.org
Director of Public Affairs
ASAHP

Call for Proposals - Interprofesional Innovation Grant Program

The Interprofessional Task Force (IPTF) of the Association of Schools Advancing Health Professions (ASAHP) developed the Interprofessional Innovation Grant (IIG) Program to provide support for interprofessional collaboration research among the ASAHP membership. The intent is to provide recipients a competitive edge in securing additional funding by supporting pilot projects and further developing grantsmanship skill sets. The intent of the IIG Program is that proposals submitted can be used to develop larger, more extensive interprofessional research projects that further engage faculty and ASAHP members in research endeavors.

WHO IS ELIGIBLE: Faculty at ASAHP Institutions in good standing

AWARD AMOUNT: We expect to fund 3 awards up to $2,000 per award

PROJECT PERIOD: September 1, 2023 to June 30, 2024

GRANT PERIOD: Up to 9 months

APPLICATION DEADLINE:  June 5, 2023

Learn more and apply here.

ASAHP Recognizes University Members With 2022 Excellence in Interprofessional Collaboration Award

Washington, D.C. – The Association of Schools Advancing Health Professions (ASAHP) is pleased to announce that The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio and Winston-Salem State University are co-recipients of ASAHP’s 2022 Award for Institutional Excellence and Innovation in Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Health Care. In addition, two member institutions, Duquesne University and the University of Oklahoma, received the Program of Merit for their submissions. The recipients will be recognized and present their award-winning programs in October at the 2022 ASAHP Annual Conference in Long Beach, CA.  In addition, the recipients will participate in a panel discussion webinar in November.

“Through the innovation and dedication of our multidisciplinary member institutions, ASAHP continues to lead the way in interprofessional health education (IPE) and practice (IPCP). We are proud to be a collaborative resource and advocate for our membership who serve students, faculty, professional accrediting bodies, and practitioners through instruction, research and service,” said ASAHP President Deb Larsen, PhD, FASAHP. “Congratulations to The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio and Winston-Salem State University for their outstanding achievement in IPE and IPCP.”

The Winston-Salem State University School of Health Sciences team is led by University Professor and Interim Dean LesLee Battle, EdD who said, “We are honored to receive this award and believe it is a testament to the value of incorporating Interprofessional Education (IPE) into our curriculum. Our committed faculty has worked hard to ensure that the next generation of health science students enters the workforce with the knowledge, skills and attitude to provide meaningful quality healthcare through team collaboration.”

The team at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio is led by  Dr. Jacqueline Mok, Vice President for Academic, Faculty and Student Affairs. Dr. Mok praised the work of stakeholders across the institution for the success of Linking Interprofessional Networks for Collaboration (LINC) and added, “This award is testament to the university-wide infrastructure we have developed through the LINC program under the leadership of director, Dr. Joseph Zorek. LINC has been successful due to the strong commitment to interprofessional collaboration and buy-in at all levels from our executive leadership team to Deans to faculty, staff and students from all five of our schools.” 

About ASAHP
The Association of School Advancing Health Professions (ASAHP) is a national professional organization of 130 universities and employers focused on critical issues affecting allied health education. ASAHP’s mission is to advance health through interprofessional collaboration.

Contact:
Kristen Truong
kristen@asahp.org
Director of Public Affairs
ASAHP

Deadline Extended - Interprofessional Innovation Grant Program

The Interprofessional Task Force (IPTF) of the Association of Schools Advancing Health Professions (ASAHP) developed the Interprofessional Innovation Grant (IIG) Program to provide support for interprofessional collaboration research among the ASAHP membership. The intent is to provide recipients a competitive edge in securing additional funding by supporting pilot projects and further developing grantsmanship skill sets. The intent of the IIG Program is that proposals submitted can be used to develop larger, more extensive interprofessional research projects that further engage faculty and ASAHP members in research endeavors. The IPTF expects to fund 3 awards up to $2,000 per award for projects between September 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023. Deadline to apply is June 10, 2022 (extended from June 1).

Learn more here.

Invitation: ASAHP Regional Summit Virtual Harvest

With innovations in interprofessional education and practice along with the recent changes in healthcare, there is a need to reconsider health professions clinical education. The 2022 ASAHP Regional Summits will provide an opportunity for dialogue and action between representatives in academia and the healthcare industry to discuss improvements to clinical education.

The Association of Schools Advancing Health Professions (ASAHP) is hosting the 2022 ASAHP Regional Summit on June 3, 2022. The Summit will be in-person at each of the hubs, and registration is limited. The Summit culminates where all 4 hub sites convene in a virtual "Harvest" session consensus event designed to continue the local dialogue on a national level. 

ASAHP members unable to attend in-person are invited to join the virtual harvest session from 4:30pm-5:15pm ET to hear about the key takeaways from each hub and national trends. Learn more about the Summit here.

Apply Today for ASAHP's Annual Interprofessional Recognition Award

The deadline to apply is this Monday, May 2. Through the Award for Institutional Excellence and Innovation in Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Health Care, ASAHP looks to recognize a member institution and/or industry member for outstanding achievement in IPE and IPCP. In addition to the award, several institutions will also be recognized as “Programs of Merit” by ASAHP.

Candidates for this award must be ASAHP members and should demonstrate outstanding achievement in the following areas:

1. Initiatives are inclusive and comprehensive in scope in the preparation of collaboration-ready health professionals.

2. Initiatives are strongly committed to assessment of outcomes and dissemination of scholarship.

3. Initiatives are strongly connected to their Institution’s mission and culture.

4. Initiatives are connected to external stakeholders in the community.

5. Initiatives promote personal, community and population health.

6. Initiatives advocate for social justice and address social determinants of health.

Learn more about the award and view the application here.