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The AHEC Scholar Badge is awarded by UW CIPE to state-wide students who successfully complete the WI AHEC Scholar Program, recognizing students’ gained knowledge, skills, and leadership in becoming interprofessional practitioners.

AHEC Scholars who have received this credential have successfully demonstrated competencies outlined below, as verified by cohort Course Directors through a pre/post assessment tool for each competency area:

• Describe the responsibilities of other professionals (health care and others) on the health team
• Demonstrate how the skills and knowledge of interprofessional team members complement and overlap
• Describe how social determinants affect the health of a community or a population (e.g. equity, income, education, environment, etc.)
• Use common public health methods that prevent or address health issues in vulnerable populations
• Reflect on and describe perceptions/biases of individuals who are from different professional or cultural backgrounds
• Respond appropriately to the needs of others based on a sensitivity to, and respect for, their cultural/ethnic background or socioeconomic status
• Describe how a patient’s behavioral/mental health needs may affect their care
• Describe the importance of integrating behavioral health and primary care
• Advocate for the health care needs of a community based on current policy trends (system, local, state, or national level)
• Demonstrate leadership skills (e.g. effectively communicate, inspire others, resolve conflict, accept feedback, etc.)
• Work collaboratively with patients, communities, or other health professionals
• Increase awareness of Wisconsin’s current and emerging health issues
• Identify and share quality sources of information to stay abreast of the latest in health and health care
• Utilize the knowledge and skills gained from the AHEC Scholars Program to provide health care in a rural, medically underserved, or vulnerable population

Learn more about the AHEC Scholars program and application information here: https://ahec.wisc.edu/scholars/

Those who have earned the UW CIPE Badger IPE CHHE Empathy Program Badge are equipped with the knowledge and skills to practice empathy and cultural humility in their health professions. Badge earners are exposed to content and activities emphasizing cultural humility, health equity, empathy, current topics related to health care, mitigating health disparities and provider bias, and minimizing misunderstandings towards those with identities different from one’s own.

Completing the requirements and assessments for this badge verifies those who have earned it are equipped with the skills needed to mitigate health disparities that may arise from bias and misunderstanding. They have attended a 5-week program, engaged in thoughtful dialogue, intentionally integrate relevant concepts into their practice, and reflected on their learning. Those who have earned this badge have been evaluated by a qualified UW-Madison instructor through activities and performance for the successful demonstration of these abilities:

• Discuss elements of patient care, population/community health, providers’ well-being, and promoting health equity.
• Analyze differences in experiences shared by others in session discussions.
• Examine weekly program topics (that include Biases; Racial Wealth Disparities and Poverty; Gender and Sexuality; Race and Body Image in the Media; Mental Health, Wellbeing, & Happiness) by partaking in self and group reflection.
• Maintain a climate of shared values, ethical conduct, and mutual respect.
• Use the knowledge of one’s own role and team members’ expertise to address health outcomes.
• Communicate in a responsive, responsible, respectful, and compassionate manner with team members.
• Apply values and principles of team science to adapt one’s role in a variety of team settings.

If you are interested in earning this badge, please reach out to UW CIPE at cipe@wisc.edu to inquire about the next offering of this programing.

The IPE Clinical & Community Badge is awarded by UW CIPE to students who successfully participate in and complete an IPE Clinical & Community Placement Experience.

Earners of the IPE Clinical & Community Badge have successfully demonstrated that they are collaborative and practice-ready to lead IPE efforts in promoting the Quintuple aim (better health, better care, better value, better work experience, and better health equity) through a virtual orientation, check-in, and debrief session and reflective journaling evaluated by a qualified UW-Madison instructor, in addition to satisfying the following learning outcomes:

• Develop competence in working with individuals of other professions to maintain a climate of mutual respect and shared values (IPEC, 2016).
• Develop competence in using the knowledge of own role and those of other professions to appropriately assess and address the health care needs of patients and to promote and advance the health of populations (IPEC, 2016).
• Develop competence in communicating with patients, families, communities, and professionals in health and other fields in a responsive and responsible manner that supports a team approach to the promotion and maintenance of health and the prevention and treatment of disease (IPEC, 2016).
• Develop competence in applying the relationship-building values and the principles of team dynamics to perform effectively in different team roles to plan, deliver, and evaluate patient/population-centered care and population health programs and policies that are safe, timely, efficient, effective, and equitable (IPEC, 2016).
• Become an interprofessional practitioner through developing/enhancing a simultaneous sense of belonging to own profession and the interprofessional team/community – also known as Dual Profession and the Interprofessional Identity Development (Khalili, 2020; HPAC, 2019).

If you are interested in earning this badge, please reach out to UW CIPE at cipe@wisc.edu to inquire about the next offering of this programing.

The IPE Fundamental Badge is awarded to learners who complete the four UW CIPE Competency Modules, including: Interprofessional Teamwork, Interprofessional Communication, Interprofessional Values and Ethics, and Interprofessional Roles and Responsibilities.

Students who have received this credential have successfully demonstrated their basic knowledge and skills towards the competencies outlined below, as verified by UW CIPE through a their systematic evaluative assessment:

• Competency 1: Work with individuals of other professions to maintain a climate of mutual respect and shared values. (Values/Ethics for Interprofessional Practice)
• Competency 2: Use the knowledge of one’s own role and those of other professions to appropriately assess and address the health care needs of patients and to promote and advance the health of populations. (Roles/Responsibilities)
• Competency 3: Communicate with patients, families, communities, and professionals in health and other fields in a responsive and responsible manner that supports a team approach to the promotion and maintenance of health and the prevention and treatment of disease. (Interprofessional Communication)
• Competency 4: Apply relationship-building values and the principles of team dynamics to perform effectively in different team roles to plan, deliver, and evaluate patient/population-centered care and population health programs and policies that are safe, timely, efficient, effective, and equitable. (Teams and Teamwork)

Learn more about the UW CIPE Interprofessional Competency Modules and sign-up to participate in upcoming modules to earn this badge here: https://cipe.wisc.edu/education/#modules

The IPE Leadership Badge requires learners to serve in progressive leadership (and facilitator) roles in two or more of the following IPE leadership opportunities:

• (Co)Organizing/Facilitating one or more UW CIPE Knowledge Exchange Series (KES);
• (Co)Facilitating (or serve as a Student Group Leader in) one or more UW CIPE Competency Modules;
• Serving as Officer/Board Member of an IPE-Related Student Organization;
• Serving as an active member of an IPE-related Committee/Taskforce/ Summit/Conference;
• Participating and providing constructive feedback in IPE pilot offerings.

If you are interested in earning this badge, please reach out to UW CIPE at cipe@wisc.edu to inquire about upcoming opportunities to earn this badge.

Earners of the IPE Motivational Interviewing Badge have successfully demonstrated knowledge and skills of motivational interviewing through simulated practice and direct feedback of small and large group practice, video, didactic discussion and modeling evaluated by a qualified UW Madison instructor, in addition to satisfying the following learning outcomes:

• Discuss the importance of having MI skills and knowledge across a range of professions
• Define your own role in helping people resolve ambivalence
• Describe MI in the context of your profession and the interprofessional team
• Apply MI skills in interprofessional case scenarios

More about the Motivational Interviewing Preconference:

This interactive IPE Motivational Interviewing (MI) Preconference workshop created a rich learning environment for the reinforcement of the common processes of MI. An interprofessional/interdisciplinary team of facilitators bolstered participants’ confidence in the use of MI through introspection, small and large group practice, video, didactic discussion and modeling. Participants worked across professions to bring their respective training, expertise and anticipated use of MI to collaboratively apply the skills and style so they can take what they have learned and bring this training into their future practice. Motivational Interviewing is a communication approach that can be effectively applied in many healthcare professional settings. Healthcare professionals, in any area of service, are likely to encounter people who might be reluctant to embrace change in their behaviors, thoughts, and attitudes. Everyone on a health/social care team can benefit from learning and incorporating this skill into their interprofessional practice.

If you are interested in earning this badge, please reach out to UW CIPE at cipe@wisc.edu to inquire about the next offering of this programing.

The IPE ADICS Simulation Badge is awarded to learners who successfully complete the Advanced Dementia Interprofessional Clinical Simulation, (ADICS) Mini-Course. During this course students will learn about the 3Ds (depression, delirium, and dementia); apply interprofessional collaborative skills to a complex patient’s post-op discharge situation; review and interpret results from cognitive and functional tests and measures; and use professional and interprofessional knowledge integration in developing an interprofessional collaborative care plan for the patient with dementia and the caregiver. The Badge will recognize students’ skills in interprofessional team-based care competencies, (IPEC, 2016), promoting a client/patient-centered approach, and applying inter/professional knowledge in providing quality care and services to people living with dementia as assessed by a qualified UW CIPE instructor.

Students who have received this credential have successfully demonstrated their basic knowledge and skills towards the competencies outlined below, as verified by UW CIPE through a their systematic evaluative assessment:

• Competency 1:Demonstrate Values and Ethics for Interprofessional Practice
• Competency 2: Utilizing Roles and Responsibilities for Collaborative Practice
• Competency 3: Implementing Interprofessional Communication Practices
• Competency 4: Applying Interprofessional Teamwork and Team-based Practice
• Competency 5: Developing a personalized approach to promoting client/patient-centered approach in health/social care delivery
• Competency 6: Using professional knowledge in caring for people living with dementia

Learn more about this IPE offering, which is a part of the IPE Healthy Aging Initiative, and sign-up to participate in this programing to earn this badge here: https://cipe.wisc.edu/education/#IPEhealthyaging

Earners of the IPL Dementia Caregiving Badge have successfully demonstrated knowledge and skills of interprofessional teamwork, collaboration, leadership, and communication through quizzes, self-assessment survey instruments and a capstone project evaluated by a qualified UW Madison instructor, in addition to satisfying the following learning outcomes during the IPL Community Dementia Caregiving (IPLCDC) learning opportunity:

1. Demonstrate understanding of the unique challenges family caregivers of people with dementia experience in maintaining their own health.
2. Illustrate knowledge and expertise in identifying needed and customized community resources (e.g. health and wellness, nutrition, stress management resources, etc.) for family and caregivers to support caregivers of people living with dementia.
3. Practice interprofessional collaborative skills through creating an interprofessional, client customized community-based resource document for caregivers of and people living with dementia.

The IPLCDC is a virtual community practicum in which interprofessional teams of students work collaboratively with each other and with an assigned family caregiver of a patient with dementia, a dementia care specialist (DCS), and a faculty facilitator to develop a customized community resource packet and a collaborative health promotion plan (as a Capstone Project) for the caregiver. 

Learn more about this IPE offering, which is a part of the IPE Healthy Aging Initiative, and sign-up to participate in this programing to earn this badge here: https://cipe.wisc.edu/education/#IPEhealthyaging