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Center for Interprofessional Education and Simulation

The Center for Interprofessional Education and Simulation (CIPES) is accredited in the area of Teaching/Education by the Society for Simulation in Healthcare™ and provides comprehensive training through in situ life-support scenarios, clinical skills instruction, and advanced simulation lab. 

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Mission Statement:

The Center for Interprofessional Education and Simulation at Lincoln Memorial University provides students and community members of diverse backgrounds with education, training, and interdisciplinary collaborative opportunities.
Updated: Fall 2023 Reviewed: 07/10/25 by CIPES

Vision:

The Center for Interprofessional Education and Simulation at Lincoln Memorial University will enhance the quality of healthcare and patient safety using a wide spectrum of clinical environments in the training and assessment of healthcare students and professionals.
Updated: Fall 2022 Reviewed: 07/10/25 by CIPES

Strategic Plan:

Please click here to access the 2026-2031 LMU CIPES Strategic Plan.
Approved: 07/10/25 by CIPES

The Center for IPE and Simulation will serve as a central focal point for coordinating and integrating activities in:

  • Interprofessional Education
  • Faculty Development
  • Educational Assessment and Data Analysis
  • Evaluation of Patient-centered Clinical Skills Education
  • One Health
  • Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs)

The Department will also support and collaborate on activities relating to the campus-wide One Health Initiative and Center for Animal and Human Health in Appalachia (CAHA).

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Competencies

Purposeful collaboration between the various educational disciplines at Lincoln Memorial University fosters educational experiences that focuses on the IPEC Competencies:

  • Values/Ethics
  • Roles/Responsibilities
  • Interprofessional Communication
  • Teams & Teamwork

LMU incorporates these objectives in its current and future IPE activities:

  • Creating a virtual presence that will allow for asynchronous learning activities, promote interprofessional interactions and allow for one stop programming communication
  • Continued creation of IPE learning activities both curricular and extra-curricular
  • Creating a system for individual programs to account for IPE participation
  • Planning evaluation for all parts of the IPE experience for faculty/staff and students
  • Nurturing leadership qualities that showcase IPC

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