Center for Interprofessional Education and Simulation

The Center for Interprofessional Education and Simulation (CIPES) is provisionally accredited by the Society for Simulation in Healthcare™ and provides comprehensive training through in situ life-support scenarios, clinical skills instruction, and advanced simulation lab. Our facilities include skills labs and clinical exam rooms located withinthe College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM) as well as DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine (DCOM) at LMU-Knoxville and Harrogate, with an additional location opening in Orange Park, Florida in 2026.

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-DCOM 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).

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-DCOM 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