Welcome to PIPER

Welcome to the Program for Interprofessional Practice, Education and Research (PIPER) at McMaster University's Faculty of Health Sciences.

This site has been designed to help health care students, faculty and visitors learn about the history of Interprofessional education (IPE) at McMaster, our current educational offerings and research, and the future direction of IPE at McMaster.

Please use the links on the left to discover more.

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What's New?

How do I create an IPE event?

Click here if you are interested in finding out how to create an IPE event

Awards

The Alan Blizzard Award 2012

Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education

To: PIPER Team

An Award for Collaborative Projects that Improve Student Learning.

• McMaster PIPER leads with national award (FHS News)

2012 Dr. John Gilbert Interprofessional Education Mentorship Award

National Heatlh Sciences Association

To: Dr. Jen Salfi

This honor recognizes a mentor in interprofessional eduction for their encouragement, support, insight and enthusiasm.

• McMaster alumna and nursing professor wins national award (FHS News)

McMaster Interprofessional Student Collaborative

Community Health Initiatives with McMaster Education (CHIME) and the Interprofessional Student Council (IPSC) have merged to form the McMaster Interprofessional Student Collaborative (MISC)

Students may join our PIPER Facebook group and stay informed about upcoming executive openings and events.

Stay tuned! MISC will be recruting executive members soon.

[Read more about MISC]

National Health Science Students' Association Conference

The National Health Science Students' Association (NaHSSA) holds an annual conference for health professional students.

Watch this space for news about the 2012-13 conference as it comes available.

[Read more about the NaHSSA Conference]

2012-13 Request for Proposals

Each year, several small projects which provide new, innovative interprofessional education opportunities to Health Sciences students are funded through PIPER.

Details regarding the 2012-13 Call for Proposals will be available soon.

[Read more about the Request for Proposals]

IPE Day 2013

Passport to Interprofessioanlism

Friday February 1, 2013 8:30 am - 1:15 pm at the Hamilton Convention Centre

Watch this space for more information.

Mandatory Event for:

• Child Life
• Medicine, Class of 2015
• Midwifery, Level I
• Nursing, Level III
• OT, Year 2
• PT, Year 1
• Physician Asst., Level 1

Email your questions?

More details to follow....