Interprofessional Education (IPE)

Interprofessional Education

Interprofessional education (IPE) plays an important role in completing a student's healthcare learning journey. ASTEC is proud to provide a variety of IPE simulations, all of which are available any UArizona Health Sciences student. ASTEC's IPE activities fulfill initiative 1.3 of the Wildcat Journey, one of the five pillars of the University of Arizona Strategic Plan.

To learn more about ASTEC's many IPE simulation resources and activities, explore the tiles below.

IPE Resources

Videos for providers, nursing, allied health, pharmacy, administration, and non-clinical professionals.

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Code Blue!

Time is muscle- what will you do when you hear the word “STEMI”? Find out with an advanced human patient simulator experiencing a code blue emergency.

Do you smell something?

Join ASTEC’s Executive Director and Regents Professor of Surgery, Allan Hamilton, MD, as you stretch your ability to improvise during this mystery simulation exercise.

Hamilton Tile Game

Join ASTEC’s Executive Director and Regents Professor of Surgery, Allan Hamilton, MD, as your team assess their strengths and weaknesses by working together to escape a jungle swamp full of toxic tiles.

Heartless

If you came across one of the thousands of people living life without a pulse, would you know what to do? Learn how to recognize and manage the nuances of patients living with left ventricular assist devices.

Intentional Equity and Inclusion

Explore bias, de-escalation techniques, and asking sensitive questions while using an advanced human patient simulator to perform a thorough patient assessment.

Lego Land, Lego Band

Join ASTEC’s Executive Director and Regents Professor of Surgery, Allan Hamilton, MD, for a creative exploration of the foundational, interprofessional skills needed to be successful in healthcare.

Little Things Matter

Navigate the 360-degree environment of a neonatal intensive care unit. Using a neonatal advanced patient simulator, learn about the unique setting, equipment, delivery of care, and interdisciplinary teams needed to ensure that the littlest patients thrive.

Medical Mystery

Crack the code to treat this patient's mystery illness. An interprofessional team is the only way to treat and save the advanced human patient simulator used in this simulation.

Shots Fired

Healthcare staff are at the highest risk for workplace violence. This interprofessional simulation will help learners to stay safe when everything goes wrong.

Simulation Relay

Try to beat the clock while gaining experience with human patient simulators, task trainers and other healthcare equipment not encountered in your day-to-day education.

Suicide Crisis Response

Depression and feelings of helplessness are on the rise. Learn how to treat the whole patient when they come to the emergency department experiencing these symptoms.

Venom 101

In the Sonoran Desert, people and creatures cross paths, sometimes with dangerous results. In this simulation, an interdisciplinary team will provide clinical management for patients presenting with venomous bites.

When Accidents Happen

The three definitions of drowning: drowning with death, drowning with deficit, and drowning without deficit. Maximize survival and decrease poor outcomes in this simulation utilizing a pediatric advanced human patient simulator.