About Us

In line with its 2019-2024 Strategic Directions, the UW Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education (UW CIPE) has (re)structured its Committees to provide the Center with strategic guidance, support and consultation in achieving its vision, mission, and priorities. The UW CIPE Committees also demonstrate the Center’s commitment to engage and collaborate with all stakeholders, and to ensure inclusive and shared governance.

The Steering Committee provides leadership for the Interprofessional Practice and Education (IPE) at University of Wisconsin-Madison and beyond. The Committee’s role is to provide support, guidance and oversight of UW CIPE’s progress towards achieving the UW CIPE Strategic Directions.

Steering Committee Membership

The Steering Committee includes members from all health/social programs, schools, community at large, and clinical partners as listed below:

The Advisory Council’s role, as a strategic advisory and consulting body, is to provide strategic guidance and consultation to UW CIPE in achieving its mission:

To work collaboratively locally, nationally and globally to champion, integrate, and advance Interprofessional Practice and Education (IPE) to achieve the Quadruple Aim: better health, better care, better value, and better work experience.

Advisory Council Membership

The Advisory Council members represent the community at large and UW Centers/Programs across campus:

• Center for Patient Partnerships (CPP) Director (or Representative)
• Center for Pre-Health Advising (CPHA) Director (or Representative)
• Community Representative
• Epic Representative
• Global Health Institute (GHI) Director (or Representative)
• MEDiC Representative
• Native American Center for Health Professions (NACHP) Director (or Representative)
• Patient/family Representative
• Pharmacy Society of Wisconsin (PSW) Director (or Representative)
• Rural Wisconsin Health Cooperative (RWHC) Director (or Representative)
• SMPH Office of Health Professions Research Director (or Representative)
• SoN Center for Aging Research and Education (CARES) Representative
• Student Representative
• UW CIPE Director (or Associate Director) as the Chair of the Council
• UW Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention (CTRI) Representative
• UW Health Administration Representative
• WI LEND Director (or Representative)
• WisCARES Director (or Representative)
• Wisconsin Area Health Education Centers (WI AHEC) Program Director (or Representative)
• Wisconsin Center for Nursing (WCN) Director (or Representative)
• Wisconsin Department of Health Services Representative
• Wisconsin Hospital Association (WHA) Representative
• Wisconsin Office of Rural Health Director (or Representative)
• Wisconsin Primary Health Care Association (WPHCA) Director (or Representative)

The UW CIPE Interprofessional Competency Module Program Oversight Committee, or CIPE Module Oversight Committee for short, provides the UW CIPE with a macro level perspective on the improvement, expansion, and integration of the Competency Modules across the health/social sciences programs.

Current Committee Membership:

• Lacey Alexander – School of Nursing
• Susie Barnett/Casey Gallimore (alt) – School of Pharmacy
• Audrey Conn – School of Social Work
• Mel Freitag – School of Nursing
• Sharon Gartland – Occupational Therapy Program
• Jeff Hartman – Physical Therapy Program
• Lisa Imhoff – School of Pharmacy
• Tarakee Jackson – Public Health Program
• Hossein Khalili – UW CIPE
• Corissa Lotta – Counseling Psychology
• Roberta Rusch – UW CIPE
• Kevin Wyne – Physician Assistant Program

The Education Sub-Committee provides guidance and support to, and assist the UW CIPE and its Steering Committee in achieving the new UW CIPE Strategic Directions with a focus on the Education Strategic Priority Area.

Current Education Sub-Committee Membership:

The Scholarship Sub-Committee provides guidance and support to, and assist the UW CIPE and its Steering Committee in achieving the new UW CIPE Strategic Directions with a focus on the Scholarship Strategic Priority Area.

Current Scholarship Sub-Committee Membership:

The Student Sub-Committee is the most recently established Sub-Committee and started meeting in November 2020, with representation from the UW IPE-related student organizations. The Student Sub-Committee members are identified and invited by UW CIPE in collaboration with UW IPE-related student organizations. The members should be part of the Executive/Board Members of their student organizations.

The Student Sub-Committee will act as:

• An advisory student group to provide the UW CIPE with guidance on its programs and initiatives.
• A liaison group among UW IPE-related student organizations to help coordinate student-led IPE activities at UW–Madison, and to support the planning, implementation and evaluation of UW CIPE programs and initiatives.

The UW CIPE Taskforces have been created to assist UW CIPE and its Committees with the development and implementation of new IPE programs/initiatives/opportunities at UW-Madison and its partners.

The IPE PD Advisory Board and Taskforce are working closely with each other to develop and deliver IPE PD opportunities for faculty, academic staff, professional/grad students, practitioners, facilitators, and preceptors as part of the UW CIPE Teaching and Facilitation Badge Program.

The goal of the UW CIPE Teaching and Facilitation Badge Program is to help build and advance the knowledge, skill, norms, behaviors, and ability of faculty, instructors, preceptors, and facilitators to develop, teach, and facilitate intentional, engaging, meaningful, and effective interprofessional education for healthcare professional students.

Taskforce Members:

Upon a request from the Wisconsin Area Health Education Centers (WI AHEC), UW CIPE is establishing a taskforce to assist with the development of the cases for the WI AHEC Annual Case Competition. The Taskforce will also assist with the development of a repository of interprofessional case scenarios for UW CIPE Offerings with the assistance of the Education and Scholarship Subcommittees, we have invited representatives from AHEC, Nursing, Medicine, Public Health, Physical Therapy, and Social Work to serve in this Taskforce.

Taskforce Members:

The UW CIPE Badger and Path of Distinction (PoD) Taskforce is charged with assisting UW CIPE with the development and delivery of the UW IPE Path of Distinction along with the UW IPE Badges. The Taskforce is also in charge of the review and approval of future UW IPE Badges. The Taskforce is reporting to the UW CIPE Education Subcommittee.

Taskforce Members:

The UW CIPE Awards and Fellowship Taskforce is charged with assisting UW CIPE with its Mischler Student IPE Scholarship and the Joint Dual IPE Distinguished Fellowship applications and the reviews.  The Taskforce is reporting to the UW CIPE Education and Scholarship Subcommittees.

Taskforce Members:

Purpose and Work

The UW CIPE DEI Taskforce was developed to address racial, ethnic, and gender identities in the UW CIPE Modules and other IPE offerings presented through the Center. The Taskforce will address the needs of our students that may be historically marginalized and/or underrepresented and ensure that there is attention paid to these groups by providing support/resources to promote equity and offer safe spaces. The Taskforce will also work towards ensuring that individuals are being heard and valued, while also paying attention to who is not in the room to make sure their voices are also heard.
The DEI Taskforce will learn what UW-Madison health/social sciences schools and programs are teaching regarding diversity, equity, and inclusion and aim to use similar language and context. Its early work will focus on developing a framework to use for the UW CIPE Competency Modules, that includes community guidelines while integrating the teachings of Cultural Humility to foster student self-awareness.

Taskforce Members

• Mel Freitag – School of Nursing (DEI Officer)
• Lisa Imhoff – School of Pharmacy (DEI Officer)
• Tarakee Jackson – Public Health Program
• Corissa Lotta – Counseling Psychology
• Roberta Rusch – UW CIPE