IPE Catalog

 

GWSPH Sponsored IPE Experiences

Please find below a list of GWSPH-sponsored IPE Experiences. These experiences have their own distinct section of PubH 6023 that students may register for to complete their MPH IPE requirement. To sign up for an IPE, please complete this IPE Sign-up Form.

 

 

SPRING 2024 IPE ACTIVITIES 

 

CLINICAL PUBLIC HEALTH SUMMIT: CHILDHOOD ASTHMA

Experience: Summit and Team Op-Ed Authoring Activity 
Date: MPH student participation can be virtual or in-person

  • January 8, 2024 11 am – Noon – Asthma Summit Orientation
  • January 19, 2024 1-5 pm – Asthma Summit Panels Day 1
  • January 22, 2024 1-6 pm – Asthma Summit Panels Day 2 and Group Work

Course Number/Section: PubH 6023.2U1
Partners/Disciplines: GW MPH, GW Medical School
Description: This opportunity provides public health students with an interprofessional training experience that allows them to work in collaboration with medical students as part of The George Washington University School of Medicine & Health Sciences Clinical Public Health Asthma Summit. As part of the Clinical Public Health program, the Summit focuses on how future clinicians can help eliminate childhood Asthma in Washington, DC.  As part of the experience, students work in groups to develop Clinical Public Health proposals with prevention strategies that address childhood asthma prevalence, attacks, and/or treatment. This interprofessional education experience is a collaborative effort to develop public health and medical students as future interprofessional team members in addressing public health problems by working in teams to improve population health. MPH students work closely with the medical students during the brainstorming portion of the summit to determine the Clinical Public Health topic and to incorporate core public health competencies and skills to develop a comprehensive action plan that is reflective of public health best practices.
Location/Technology Support:  Hosted on GW Blackboard and Zoom

OPIOID CRISIS: EXPLORING THE INTERSECTION OF HEALTH SERVICES DELIVERY AND HEALTH POLICY IN ONE COMMUNITY’S RESPONSE 

Experience: Virtual Tabletop - Case Exercise
Date: April 1st, 2024 
Time: 5:00pm-7:30pm ET
Course Number/Section: PubH 6023.2U3
Faculty Moderator(s): Wiss
Partners/Disciplines: W MPH, Yale PA, USC Social Work, USC Physical Therapy, Georgetown Nursing, St. John Fischer Pharmacy, and other partners
Description: Case deals with one rural community’s experiences with the opioid crisis, with focus given to: 1.) what health services delivery organizations, public health policy and community services can do to influence; 2.) the experiences of individuals dealing with addiction and overdose. Themes from the recent National Academies of Medicine report on Interprofessional Approaches to Addressing the Opioid Crisis will be addressed.
Location/Technology Support:  Hosted on GW Blackboard and Zoom

COMBATING CANCER AND MANAGING CHRONIC PAIN

Experience: Virtual Tabletop - Case Exercise
Date: April 2, 2024
Time: 8:30am-12:00pm ET ​​​​​​​
Course Number/Section: PubH 6023.2U4
Faculty Moderator(s): Wiss, Straker, Jonely, Cox, Jablonover
Partners/Disciplines: GW MPH, GW MD, GW PA, GW OT, GW SON, GW SLP, and other programs
Description: Case deals with the challenges of chronic pain associated with advanced-stage cancer, pain management, opioid use and the potential for addiction. Topics such as appropriate clinical care, opioid prescription management approaches, provider and government policy will be addressed.
Location/Technology Support: Hosted on GW Blackboard and Zoom

CLINICAL PUBLIC HEALTH SUMMIT: POPULATION HEALTH

Experience: In-Person Summit
Date: March 5th and April 22nd, 2024

  • March 5th, 2024 8:15am-12pm – (in-person session 1 of 2 - Ross Hall)
  • April 22nd, 2024 1pm-3:30pm – (in-person session 2 of 2 - Ross Hall)

Course Number/Section: PubH 6023.2U5
Faculty Moderator(s): Hancock
Partners/Disciplines: GW Medicine, GW MPH
Description: MPH students will serve as public health consultants to small teams of medical students (3-4 students per team) who are designing a clinical health intervention to address a population health issue of their choosing. MPH students will offer their guidance to the project team utilizing their expertise in core skills such as identifying populations, metrics, and stakeholders.
Location/Technology Support: In-person activity. Both sessions will be held at Ross Hall

MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES AND ACCESS FOR MIGRANT WORKERS IN RURAL SETTINGS

Experience: Virtual Tabletop - Case Exercise
Date: March 18th, 2024 
Time: 6:15pm-8:15pm ET
Course Number/Section: PubH 6023.2U6
Faculty Moderator(s): Wiss
Partners/Disciplines: GW MPH, GW MHA, Georgetown Nursing, and other partners
Description: Case considers issues of access and quality in maternal health care services for migrant farm workers located in rural communities. Teams will also consider gestational diabetes issues being experienced by one patient, during their virtual telehealth visit via the Shenandoah Free Clinic.
Location/Technology Support: Hosted on GW Blackboard and Zoom

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FALL 2023 IPE ACTIVITIES 

 

Health and Family Impacts of Forced Migration in LMICs

Experience: Virtual Tabletop - Case Exercise
Date: October 9th, 2023 
Time: 10:00am-12:30pm ET
Course Number/Section: PubH 6023.2U1
Faculty Moderator(s): Wiss
Partners/Disciplines: Health professions students from Nelson Mandela University, ARU Cambridge, Amref University, North-West University, Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University,  Yale, A.T. Still, USC, NYU, and GW MPH
Description: This case study experience follows the journey of a family that has been displaced by drought and food insecurity. This activity explores the challenges related to refugee status, resettlement, and obtaining needed healthcare services and other types of support. Social and emotional dimensions of these experiences for the family’s 10-year-old child using a trauma-informed perspective will be considered.
Location/Technology Support:  Hosted on GW Blackboard and Zoom

BREAKING THE CYCLE OF ADDICTION

Experience: Virtual Tabletop - Case Exercise
Two Sessions Available (Select One): 

  • October 23rd, 2023: 11:00am-1:00pm ET
  • November 1st, 2023: 11:00am-1:00pm ET

Course Number/Section: PubH 6023.2U2
Faculty Moderator(s): Wiss
Partners/Disciplines: GW MPH, GW MHA, Purdue College of Pharmacy, Indiana University Nursing
Description: Case focuses on opioid policy, community health, and health service delivery efforts to combat addiction.  Participants will consider legal and provider considerations for prescribing opioids and other narcotics that have the potential for abuse and addiction. During this experience, learners will have an opportunity to interact with a panel of community members and clinicians who provide support services for individuals who experience substance use disorders.
Location/Technology Support:  Hosted on IU Canvas and Zoom

STROKE: COLLABORATIVE CARE AND CONSIDERATIONS

Experience: Virtual Tabletop - Case Exercise
Date: June 26th, 2023 
Time: 5:00pm-7:30pm ET
Course Number/Section: PubH 6023.2U3
Faculty Moderator(s): Wiss, Straker, Jonely, Cox, Jablonover
Partners/Disciplines: GW MPH, GW MD, GW PA, GW OT, GW SON, GW SLP, and other programs
Description: Case focuses on one individual patient’s experience with stroke, compounded by other social determinants and co-morbidities. Students will engage with other GW health sector students to develop a plan of treatment and consider larger community, resource, policy, and systems issues that play a role in this case.  The activity concludes with an expert panel of clinical and non-clinical experts who support patients and families dealing with the effects of cerebral vascular accident (CVA). 
Location/Technology Support:  Hosted on GW Blackboard and Zoom

HEALTH EFFECTS COMMUNITY IMPACT, EMERGENCY RESPONSE TO WILDFIRE

Experience: Virtual Tabletop - Case Exercise
Date: November 13th, 2023 
Time: 5:00pm-7:30pm ET
Course Number/Section: PubH 6023.2U4
Faculty Moderator(s): Wiss
Partners/Disciplines: Yale Physician Assistant, USC Social Work, NYU Speech and Language, Georgetown Nursing, GW Public Health, Saint John Fisher PharmD
Description: Case deals with a woman separated from her family and healthcare providers due to a rapidly spreading wildfire in her area.  Biological and psychological dimensions of wildfire exposure and the required emergency response from governmental agencies and the health sector will be considered.
Location/Technology Support:  Hosted on GW Blackboard and Zoom

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SUMMER 2023 IPE ACTIVITIES 

 

INFECTIOUS DISEASE OUTBREAKS, PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCIES, AND COMMUNITY VACCINE HESITANCY

Experience: Virtual Tabletop - Case Exercise
Date: June 26th, 2023 
Time: 5:00pm-7:30pm ET
Course Number/Section: PubH 6023.2U1
Faculty Moderator(s): Wiss, Braungart, Allen
Partners/Disciplines: GW MPH, GW Nursing
Description: Based on recent events, this case deals with an infectious disease outbreak in a community that has been resistant to preventative measures including vaccination. Case deals with both individual family wellness and choices, and also the public health response to that declared emergency at the local and state levels.
Location/Technology Support:  Hosted on GW Blackboard and Zoom

CLINICAL PUBLIC HEALTH SUMMIT: OBESITY

Experience: Conference and collaborative team planning activity
Date: June 26-28, 2023
Time: 8:00am-5:00pm ET
Cap: 50
Course Number/Section: PubH 6023.2U2
Faculty Moderator(s): Hancock
Partners/Disciplines: GW MPH, GW Medical School
Description: On June 27th-29th the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences will be hosting its 7th annual Clinical Public Health Summit on Obesity. Students will work on a real-world assignment alongside the community partners and provide support in meeting a particular goal or interest area around the topic of obesity and diet-related chronic disease. Students will develop innovative Clinical Public Health proposals that address four major pathways using a health equity of obesity lens: 
1. Increase healthy options 
2. Reduce deterrents to healthy behaviors 
3. Improve social and economic resources 
4. Build community capacity
Location/Technology Support:  Foggy Bottom Campus: All student participation is in-person

AUTISM: NEEDS, CHALLENGES, AND CARE THROUGHOUT THE LIFECYCLE

Experience Type: Virtual Tabletop - Case Exercise
Date: July 10th, 2023
Time: 5:00pm-7:30pm
Cap: 50 
Course Number/Section: PubH 6023.2U3
Faculty Moderator(s): Wiss
Partners/Disciplines: Yale Physician Assistant, USC Social Work, NYU Speech and Language, Georgetown Nursing, GW Public Health, Saint John Fisher PharmD
Description: Students will collaboratively explore a case study focused on one family’s experience with Autism and the broader policy, healthcare access and education landscape where the case takes place. Students will have approx. 2-3 hours of outside work in preparation for a 2.5 hour live tabletop case activity with students from other disciplines.
Location/Technology Support: Event takes place on Blackboard and Zoom. Available to all GW MPH students.

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SPRING 2023 IPE ACTIVITIES 

 

 

CLINICAL PUBLIC HEALTH SUMMIT: CHILDHOOD ASTHMA

Experience: Virtual Tabletop - Case Exercise
Date: January 23 to 25, 2023
Course Number/Section: PubH 6023.2U1
Faculty Moderator(s): Hancock, Dawes
Partners/Disciplines: GW MPH, GW Medical School
Description: This opportunity provides public health students with an interprofessional training experience that allows them to work in collaboration with medical students as part of The George Washington University School of Medicine & Health Sciences Clinical Public Health Asthma Summit. This interprofessional education experience is a collaborative effort to develop public health and medical students as future interprofessional team members in addressing public health problems by working in teams to improve population health. working closely with the medical students during both the brainstorming portion of the summit to determine the Clinical Public Health topic and to incorporate core public health competencies and skills to develop a comprehensive action plan that is reflective of public health best practices.
Location/Technology Support:  Hosted via GW Webex and Blackboard.

OPIOID CRISIS: EXPLORING THE INTERSECTION OF HEALTH SERVICES DELIVERY AND HEALTH POLICY IN ONE COMMUNITY’S RESPONSE

Experience: Virtual Tabletop - Case Exercise
Date: January 30th, 2023 
Time: 5:00pm-7:30pm ET
Course Number/Section: PubH 6023.2U3
Faculty Moderator(s): Wiss
Partners/Disciplines: GW MPH, Yale PA, USC Social Work, USC Physical Therapy, Georgetown Nursing, St. John Fischer Pharmacy, and other partners
Description: Case deals with one rural community’s experiences with the opioid crisis, with focus given to: 1.) what health services delivery organizations, public health policy and community services can do to influence; 2.) the experiences of individuals dealing with addiction and overdose. Themes from the recent National Academies of Medicine report on Interprofessional Approaches to Addressing the Opioid Crisis will be addressed. 
Location/Technology Support:  Hosted via LMS and Zoom.

INFECTIOUS DISEASE OUTBREAKS, PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCIES, AND COMMUNITY VACCINE HESITANCY

Experience: Virtual Tabletop - Case Exercise
Date: March 13th, 2023 
Time: 5:00pm-7:30pm ET
Course Number/Section: PubH 6023.2U4
Faculty Moderator(s): Wiss, Braungart, Allen
Partners/Disciplines: GW MPH, GW Nursing
Description: Based on recent events, this case deals with an infectious disease outbreak in a community that has been resistant to preventative measures including vaccination. Case deals with both individual family wellness and choices, and also the public health response to that declared emergency at the local and state levels.
Location/Technology Support:  Hosted on GW Blackboard and Zoom

COMBATING HUMAN TRAFFICKING: ROLES AND RESPONSE FOR THE HEALTH, SECURITY AND LEGAL SECTORS

Experience: Virtual Tabletop - Case Exercise
Date: March 20th, 2023
Time: 2:30pm-4:30pm ET
Course Number/Section: PubH 6023.2U5
Faculty Moderator(s): Wiss
Partners/Disciplines: GW MPH, GW USC Social Work, NYU SLP, Georgetown Nursing, Brunel University - Centre for Security and Intelligence Studies (BUCSIS), University of Birmingham, Canadian Association for Security and Intelligence Studies (CASIS), Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, University Rey Juan Carlos (URJC), University of Buckingham, U.S. Army War College
Description: Case considers the response of clinical care professionals, public health, health systems, legal, governmental and security sector response to human trafficking. Individual provider interactions with an individual patient exhibiting potential warning signs of being trafficked, and appropriate response will be addressed. Provider and systems level considerations for identifying, and preventing trafficking will be introduced as well. 
Location/Technology Support:  Hosted via LMS and Zoom. 

IDENTIFYING AND ADDRESSING FAMILIAL ABUSE SITUATIONS: DYNAMICS, DETERMINANTS AND CARE CONSIDERATIONS

Experience: Virtual Tabletop - Case Exercise
Date: April 3rd, 2023
Time: 5:00pm-7:30pm ET
Course Number/Section: PubH 6023.2U6
Faculty Moderator(s): Wiss
Partners/Disciplines: GW MPH, Yale PA, USC Social Work, USC Physical Therapy, Georgetown Nursing, St. John Fischer Pharmacy, and other partners
Description: Case deals with signs of a potentially physically abusive family situation, the mandated reporting and ethical responsibilities for care providers and other health sector practitioners, and exploration of community resources to combat these issues.
Location/Technology Support:  Hosted via LMS and Zoom. 

COMBATING CANCER AND MANAGING CHRONIC PAIN

Experience: Virtual Tabletop - Case Exercise
Date: April 4th, 2023
Time: 8:30am-12:00pm ET
Course Number/Section: PubH 6023.2U7
Faculty Moderator(s): Wiss, Straker, Jonely, Cox, Jablonover
Partners/Disciplines: GW PA, GW OT, GW SON, GW Medicine, GW MPH
Description: Case deals with the challenges of chronic pain associated with advanced stage cancer, pain management, opioid use and the potential for addiction. Topics such as appropriate clinical care, opioid prescription management approaches, provider and government policy will be addressed.
Location/Technology Support:  Hosted on GW Blackboard and Zoom.

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FALL 2022 IPE ACTIVITIES 

 

 

ELDER CARE, DEMENTIA AND FAMILY IMPACT IN A SOUTH AFRICAN VILLAGE SETTING

Experience: Virtual Tabletop - Case Exercise
Date: October 10th, 2022 
Time: 10:00am-12:00pm ET
Cap: 100
Course Number/Section: PubH 6023.2U1
Faculty Moderator(s): Wiss
Partners/Disciplines: GW MPH, Health and Allied Health Professions from: Nelson Mandela University, ARU Cambridge, Amref University, North-West University, University of Pretoria School of Medicine,  Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University, Benson Kenya Moi University, Yale PA, Georgetown Nursing, NYU SLP
Description: Case deals with an elderly individual experiencing dementia, living alone, who has had a household cooking accident using their paraffin stove; is admitted to the emergency room with severe burns and is highly disoriented. Issues related to elder care, dementia, low income/resource housing, and family relations and decision making around these issues will be considered. 
Location/Technology Support:  Hosted via LMS and Zoom. Available to all GW MPH students.

IDENTIFYING AND ADDRESSING FAMILIAL ABUSE SITUATIONS: DYNAMICS, DETERMINANTS, AND CARE CONSIDERATIONS

Experience: Virtual Tabletop - Case Exercise
Date: October 24th, 2022 
Time: 5:00pm-7:30pm ET
Cap: 120
Course Number/Section: PubH 6023.2U2
Faculty Moderator(s): Wiss, Braungart, Allen
Partners/Disciplines: GW MPH, GW Nursing
Description: Case deals with signs of a potentially physically abusive family situation, the mandated reporting and ethical responsibilities for care providers and other health sector practitioners, and exploration of community resources to combat these issues. 
Location/Technology Support:  Hosted on GW Blackboard and Zoom. Available to all GW MPH students.

CYBER ATTACKS AND MAINTAINING HEALTH SYSTEMS RESILIENCE

Experience: Virtual Tabletop - Case Exercise
Date: October 31st, 2022 
Time: 10:00am-12:30pm ET
Cap: 40
Course Number/Section: PubH 6023.2U3
Faculty Moderator(s): Wiss
Partners/Disciplines: GW MPH, GW MHA, USC Social Work, NYU SLP, Georgetown Nursing, Brunel University - Centre for Security and Intelligence Studies (BUCSIS), University of Birmingham, Canadian Association for Security and Intelligence Studies (CASIS), Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, University Rey Juan Carlos (URJC), University of Buckingham, U.S. Army War College
Description: Case deals with a ransomware attack on a mid-sized hospital, preventing use of health information technologies including EHRs and other integrated clinical systems, as well as technologies for business operations (billing, coding, email, intranet, patient registration, etc.). Students will consider their various profession’s roles in maintaining health systems resilience in the face of such an attack, and how those roles may need to adjust and change as the physical and cyber security response is decided upon and initiated. 
Location/Technology Support:  Hosted on GW Blackboard and Zoom. Available to all GW MPH and MHA students.

STROKE: COLLABORATIVE CARE AND CONSIDERATIONS

Experience: Virtual Tabletop - Case Exercise
Date: November 1st, 2022 
Time: 8:30am-12:30pm ET
Cap: 120
Course Number/Section: PubH 6023.2U4
Faculty Moderator(s): Wiss, Jonely, Straker, Cox, Jablonover, Ideishi, Clare
Partners/Disciplines: GW MPH, GW MD, GW PA, GW OT, GW SON, GW SLP, and other programs
Description: Case focuses on the one individual patient’s experience with stroke, compounded by other social determinants and co-morbidities. Students will engage with other GW health sector students to develop a plan of treatment and consider larger community, resource, policy, and systems issues that play a role in this case.   
Location/Technology Support:  Hosted on GW Blackboard and Zoom. Available to all GW MPH students.

MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES AND ACCESS FOR MIGRANT WORKERS IN RURAL SETTINGS

Experience: Virtual Tabletop - Case Exercise
Date: November 14th, 2022
Time: 5:00pm-7:30pm ET
Cap: 90
Course Number/Section: PubH 6023.2U5
Faculty Moderator(s): Wiss
Partners/Disciplines: GW MPH, Yale PA, USC Social Work, USC Physical Therapy, Georgetown Nursing, St. John Fischer Pharmacy, and other partners
Description: Case considers issues of access and quality in maternal health care services for migrant farm workers located in rural communities. Teams will also consider gestational diabetes issues being experienced by one patient, during their virtual telehealth visit via the Shenandoah Free Clinic.
Location/Technology Support:  Hosted via LMS and Zoom. Available to all GW MPH students.

GWSPH URBAN HEALTH PROGRAM

Experience: Hands-on work in various community health settings in the DC area
Duration: Late September-April
Cap: 45
Course Number/Section: PubH 6023.2U7
Faculty Moderator(s): Skillicorn
Partners/Disciplines: Multiple community partners in the DC area
Description: The GW Urban Health Program is a service-learning opportunity that allows students to gain and apply practical public health skills outside the classroom in the DC Metro Area. The program’s mission is to create powerful collaborative learning experiences to address DC’s unique public health challenges and leave a long-lasting impact in the shared community. Students will collaborate with local organizations in team-based work throughout the fall and spring semesters. An average of 15 hours per month. More info can be found here.
Location/Technology Support:  Applications are open until Sept 9th, 2022, and can be accessed here.

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SUMMER 2022 IPE ACTIVITIES 

 

 

IDENTIFYING AND ADDRESSING FAMILIAL ABUSE SITUATIONS: DYNAMICS, DETERMINANTS, AND CARE CONSIDERATIONS

Experience: Virtual Tabletop - Case Exercise
Date: July 11th, 2022 
Time: 5:00pm-7:30pm ET
Cap: 90
Course Number/Section: PubH 6023.2U1
Faculty Moderator(s): Wiss
Partners/Disciplines: GW MPH, Yale PA, USC Social Work, USC Physical Therapy, Georgetown Nursing, St. John Fischer Pharmacy, and other partners
Description: Case deals with signs of a potentially physically abusive family situation, the mandated reporting and ethical responsibilities for care providers and other health sector practitioners, and exploration of community resources to combat these issues. 
Location/Technology Support:  Hosted on GW Blackboard and Zoom. Available to all GW MPH students.

OPIOID CRISIS: EXPLORING THE INTERSECTION OF HEALTH SERVICES DELIVERY AND HEALTH POLICY IN ONE COMMUNITY’S RESPONSE

Experience: Virtual Tabletop - Case Exercise
Date: July 25th, 2022 
Time: 5:00pm-7:30pm ET
Cap: 120
Course Number/Section: PubH 6023.2U2
Faculty Moderator(s): Wiss
Partners/Disciplines: GW MPH, GW MHA, USC Physical Therapy, NYU SLP, Georgetown Nursing
Description: Case deals with one rural community’s experiences with the opioid crisis, with focus given to: 1.) what health services delivery organizations, public health policy and community services can do to influence; 2.) the experiences of individuals dealing with addiction and overdose. Themes from the recent National Academies of Medicine report on Interprofessional Approaches to Addressing the Opioid Crisis will be addressed.
Location/Technology Support:  Hosted on GW Blackboard and Zoom. Available to all GW MPH and MHA students.

OVERCOMING DEPRESSION, ADDICTION, AND HOMELESSNESS: INDIVIDUAL AND COMMUNITY FACTORS INFLUENCING HEALTH AND RESILIENCE

Experience: Virtual Tabletop - Case Exercise
Date: August 1st, 2022 
Time: 5:00pm-7:30pm ET
Cap: 100
Course Number/Section: PubH 6023.2U3
Faculty Moderator(s): Wiss, Braungart, Allen
Partners/Disciplines: GW MPH, GW Nursing
Description: Case focuses on the health challenges of a young adult who is experiencing homelessness, challenges with substance abuse and addiction, and one or more acute health challenges which require immediate medical attention.
Location/Technology Support:  Hosted on GW Blackboard and Zoom. Available to all GW MPH students.

CLINICAL PUBLIC HEALTH SUMMIT: OBESITY

Experience: Conference and collaborative team planning activity
Date: June 27-29, 2022
Time: 8:00am-6:00pm ET
Cap: 36
Course Number/Section: PubH 6023.2U4
Faculty Moderator(s): Hancock
Partners/Disciplines: GW MPH, GW Medical School
Description: On June 27th-29th the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences will be hosting its 7th annual Clinical Public Health Summit on Obesity. Students will work on a real-world assignment alongside the community partners and provide support in meeting a particular goal or interest area around the topic of obesity and diet-related chronic disease. Students will develop innovative Clinical Public Health proposals that address four major pathways using a health equity of obesity lens: 
1. Increase healthy options 
2. Reduce deterrents to healthy behaviors 
3. Improve social and economic resources 
4. Build community capacity
Location/Technology Support:  Foggy Bottom Campus & Virtual: All student participation is in-person; students will connect with stakeholders virtually

 

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SPRING 2022 IPE ACTIVITIES 

 

OPIOID CRISIS: EXPLORING THE INTERSECTION OF HEALTH SERVICES DELIVERY AND HEALTH POLICY IN ONE COMMUNITY’S RESPONSE

Experience: Virtual Tabletop - Case Exercise
Date: January 31st, 2022 
Time: 5:00pm-7:30pm EST
Cap: 70
Course Number/Section: PubH 6023.2U1
Faculty Moderator(s): Wiss
Partners/Disciplines: GW MPH, GW MHA, Yale PA, USC Social Work, Georgetown Nursing
Description: Case deals with one rural community’s experiences with the opioid crisis, with focus given to: 1.) what health services delivery organizations, public health policy and community services can do to influence; 2.) the experiences of individuals dealing with addiction and overdose. Themes from the recent National Academies of Medicine report on Interprofessional Approaches to Addressing the Opioid Crisis will be addressed.
Location/Technology Support:  Hosted on GW Blackboard and Zoom. Available to all GW MPH and MHA students.

OLDER ADULTS AND HEALTH NEGLECT DURING COVID-19

Experience: Virtual Tabletop - Case Exercise
Date: March 14th, 2022
Time: 5:00pm-7:30pm EST
Cap: 90
Course Number/Section: PubH 6023.2U2
Faculty Moderator(s): Wiss, Braungart, Allen
Partners/Disciplines: GW MPH, GW Nursing
Description: Case focuses on the health challenges of an older adult who has resisted leaving the home and seeking regular medical care during the COVID-19 pandemic.  
Location/Technology Support:  Hosted on GW Blackboard and Zoom. Available to all GW MPH students.

COMBATTING WEB-BASED DISINFORMATION: MENTAL HEALTH, SECURITY AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE CONSIDERATIONS 

Experience: Virtual Tabletop - Case Exercise
Date: March 21st, 2022 
Time: 10:00am-Noon EST
Cap: 70
Course Number/Section: PubH 6023.2U3
Faculty Moderator(s): Wiss
Partners/Disciplines: USC Social Work, NYU SLP, Georgetown Nursing, Brunel University - Centre for Security and Intelligence Studies (BUCSIS), University of Birmingham, Canadian Association for Security and Intelligence Studies (CASIS), Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, University Rey Juan Carlos (URJC), University of Buckingham, U.S. Army War College, Dakota State University 
Description: Based on a recent mass shooting incident, this case deals with the impact of online disinformation and its potential to negatively influence individual perceptions and behaviors, which left unchecked, can lead to violent incidents such as the one highlighted in this case.  Students from public health, clinical, cyber/physical security, and other disciplines will have an opportunity to explore the role(s) their disciplines might play in: prevention, in the immediate emergency response, and in long term response and planning to mass casualty events driven by web-based misinformation. Special Instructions:  Due to the sensitive nature of the topics described above, please read carefully before registering.
Location/Technology Support:  Hosted on GW 2GW and Zoom. Available to all GW MPH students.

STROKE: COLLABORATIVE CARE AND CONSIDERATIONS

Experience: Virtual Tabletop - Case Exercise
Date: April 4th, 2022
Time: 5:00pm-7:30pm EST
Cap: 60
Course Number/Section: PubH 6023.2U4
Faculty Moderator(s): Wiss
Partners/Disciplines: Yale Physician Assistant, USC Social Work, NYU Speech and Language, Georgetown Nursing, GW Public Health, Saint John Fisher PharmD
Description: Case focuses on the one individual patient’s experience with stroke, compounded by other social determinants and co-morbidities. Students will have approx. 2 hours of outside work in preparation for a three-hour synchronous work and collaboration session with students from clinical programs.
Location/Technology Support:  Hosted on 2GW and Zoom. Available to all GW MPH students.

COMBATING CANCER AND MANAGING CHRONIC PAIN

Experience: Virtual Seminar/Workshop 
Date: April 5th, 2022
Time: 9am-12:00pm EST
Cap: 100
Course Number/Section: PubH 6023.2U5
Faculty Moderator(s): Wiss, Straker, Jonely, Cox, Jablonover
Partners/Disciplines: GW PA, GW OT, GW SON, GW Medicine, GW MPH
Description: Case deals with the challenges of chronic pain associated with advanced stage cancer, pain management, opioid use and the potential for addiction. Topics such as appropriate clinical care, opioid prescription management approaches, provider and government policy will be addressed. 
Location/Technology Support:  Hosted on GW Blackboard and Zoom. Available to all GW MPH students.

CLINICAL PUBLIC HEALTH SUMMIT ON CHILDHOOD ASTHMA

Experience: Virtual Seminar/Workshop 
Date: January 20 - February 14, 2022
Time: Varies
Cap: 35
Course Number/Section: PubH 6023.2U6
Faculty Moderator(s): Hancock
Partners/Disciplines: GW Medicine, GW MPH
Description: Each team will be paired with 1 MPH student, who will serve as public health consultants. The MPH student will offer an enhancement to the medical students’ learning, rather than a replacement. Their role is to advise and not direct the medical school teams. The work at each step of developing an intervention is to primarily provide medical students with feedback, insights, and contributions from MPH students as the public health consultant.
Location/Technology Support:  Hosted on Webex. Available to all GW MPH students.

GWSPH URBAN HEALTH PROGRAM

Experience: Hands-on work in various community health settings in the DC area
Date: October-April; Dates/Times arranged through GWSPH Office of Applied Public Health 
Cap: 30 
Course Number/Section: PubH 6023.2U7
Faculty Moderator(s): Skillicorn
Partners/Disciplines: Multiple community partners in the DC area
Description: The GW Urban Health Program is a service-learning opportunity that allows students to gain and apply practical public health skills outside the classroom in the DC Metro Area. The program’s mission is to create powerful collaborative learning experiences to address DC’s unique public health challenges and leave a long-lasting impact in the shared community.
Location/Technology Support: Please contact GW Urban Health Program to participate in this IPE experience

 

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FALL 2021 IPE ACTIVITIES 

 

TITLE: AFRI-VIPE: CHILD PROTECTION AND NEGLECT IN LOW AND MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY SETTINGS

Experience: Virtual Tabletop - Case Exercise
Date: Monday, October 11th, 2021
Time: 9:30am - Noon
Cap: 100
Course Number/Section: PubH 6023.2U1
Faculty Moderator(s): Wiss
Partners/Disciplines: Health and Allied Health Professions from: Nelson Mandela University, ARU Cambridge, Amref University, North-West University, University of Pretoria School of Medicine,  Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University in South Africa, Benson Kenya Moi University, Yale, Georgetown, USC, NYU and GW
Description: Case focuses on a young child’s recent experience with a fractured femur, volatile family dynamics, dire family financial situation, and the challenges of receiving adequate and proper care from neglecting parents.
Location/Technology Support:  GW supplied technologies

TITLE: DEPRESSION: INDIVIDUAL/COMMUNITY FACTORS IMPACTING HEALTH AND RESILIENCE

Experience Type: Virtual Tabletop Case Study
Date: Monday, October 25th, 2021
Time: 5:00pm-7:30pm
Cap: 75
Course Number/Section: PubH 6023.2U2
Faculty Moderator(s): Wiss, Braungart, Allen, Hogg
Partners/Disciplines: GW Nursing
Description: Case focuses on the one individual patient’s experience with addiction, insecure housing, depression and their challenges getting and receiving appropriate health care services.
Location/Technology Support: Hosted on GW Blackboard and Zoom. Available to all GW MPH students.

TITLE: STROKE: COLLABORATIVE CARE AND CONSIDERATIONS

Experience: Virtual Tabletop - Case Exercise
Date: Tuesday, November 2nd, 2021
Time: 8am-12:30pm
Cap: 100
Course Number/Section: PubH 6023.2U3
Faculty Moderator(s): Wiss
Partners/Disciplines: GW clinical, allied health and public health professions programs: Physician Assistant, Nursing, Physical Therapy, Medicine, Public Health and others
Description: Case focuses on the one individual patient’s experience with stroke, compounded by other co-morbidities and addiction issues. Students will have approx. 2 hours of outside work in preparation for a three-hour synchronous work and collaboration session with students from other GW programs, consisting of group case activities.
Location/Technology Support: GW supplied technologies

TITLE: VIPE: OLDER ADULTS AND HEALTH NEGLECT DURING COVID-19

Experience: Virtual Tabletop - Case Exercise
Date: Monday, November 15th, 2021
Time: 5pm-7:30pm
Cap: 60 
Course Number/Section: PubH 6023.2U4 
Faculty Moderator(s): Wiss
Partners/Disciplines: Yale Physician Assistant, USC Social Work, NYU Speech and Language, Georgetown Nursing, GW Public Health, Saint John Fisher PharmD
Description: Case focuses on the health challenges of an older adult who has resisted leaving the home and seeking regular medical care during the COVID-19 pandemic.  
Location/Technology Support: Hosted on 2GW and Zoom. Available to all GW MPH students.

TITLE: GWSPH URBAN HEALTH PROGRAM

Experience: Hands-on work in various community health settings in the DC area
Date: October-April; Dates/Times arranged through GWSPH Office of Applied Public Health 
Cap: 30 
Course Number/Section: PubH 6023.2U6
Faculty Moderator(s): Skillicorn
Partners/Disciplines: Multiple community partners in the DC area
Description: The GW Urban Health Program is a service-learning opportunity that allows students to gain and apply practical public health skills outside the classroom in the DC Metro Area. The program’s mission is to create powerful collaborative learning experiences to address DC’s unique public health challenges and leave a long-lasting impact in the shared community.
Location/Technology Support: Please contact GW Urban Health Program to participate in this IPE experience

 

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SUMMER 2021 IPE ACTIVITIES 

 

TITLE: OBESITY SUMMIT - CLINICAL PUBLIC HEALTH SUMMIT

Experience: Virtual Tabletop Case Study
Date: 6/28/21 - 6/30/21
Time: Required sessions TBD
Cap: 50 
Course Number/Section: PubH 6023.2U
Faculty Moderator(s): Hancock, Wiss
Partners/Disciplines: GW School of Medicine and GW School of Public Health
Description: The Clinical Public Health Summits are an opportunity for MPH Students to collaborate with GW Medical Students to address the pressing public health issue of obesity at the clinical and population levels. This Summit is divided into three phases that culminate in a final proposal to prevent, reduce, and/or mitigate obesity at the population level.
Location/Technology Support: Hosted on GW Blackboard and GW Zoom

TITLE: STROKE: COLLABORATIVE CARE AND CONSIDERATIONS

Experience: Virtual Tabletop - Case Exercise
Date: 7/12/21
Time: 5pm-7:30pm
Cap: 50 
Course Number/Section: PubH 6023.2U1 
Faculty Moderator(s): Wiss
Partners/Disciplines: Yale Physician Assistant, USC Social Work, NYU Speech and Language, Georgetown Nursing, GW Public Health, Saint John Fisher PharmD
Description: Case focuses on the one individual patient’s experience with stroke, compounded by other social determinants and co-morbidities. Students will have approx. 2 hours of outside work in preparation for a three-hour synchronous work and collaboration session with students from other GW programs, consisting of group case activities.
Location/Technology Support: GW supplied technologies

TITLE: TEAM PERFORMANCE, PROVIDER BURNOUT AND HEALTH WORKFORCE CONCERNS DURING COVID-19

Experience: Virtual Tabletop Case Study
Date: 7/26/21
Time: 5pm-7:30pm
Cap: 50 
Course Number/Section: PubH 6023.2U2
Faculty Moderator(s): Wiss
Partners/Disciplines: GW Nursing, GW Public Health 
Description: Case focuses on one frontline provider’s experiences delivering care during COVID-19, while attempting to manage personal factors such as professional quality of life and self-care. Team performance and health workforce concerns will be considered in the context of this case. Students will have approx. 2 hours of outside work in preparation for a three-hour synchronous work and collaboration session with students from other external programs, consisting of group case activities.
Location/Technology Support: Hosted on GW Blackboard and GW Zoom

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SPRING 2021 IPE ACTIVITIES

 

TITLE: CLINICAL PUBLIC HEALTH SUMMIT ON CHILDHOOD ASTHMA

Experience Type: Collaboratively develop an advocacy plan or other public health innovation
Date: January 18th (team signup) - Teamwork takes place: January 22nd-January 26th (5-7 hour commitment)
Time: Team signup due by 5pm on 1/18
Cap: 35
Course Number/Section: PubH 6023.2U1
Faculty Moderator(s): Dawes, Hancock
Partners/Disciplines: GW Medicine, GW Public Health
Location/Technology Support: Hosted on GW Blackboard and WebEx. Available to all GW MPH students.

TITLE: ASTHMA CASE STUDY SIMULATION

Experience Type: Virtual Simulation and Case Study
Date: 2/19/21
Time: 4pm-5:30pm
Cap: 100
Course Number/Section: PubH 6023.2U2
Faculty Moderator(s): Phoenix, Law, Farina, Wiss
Partners/Disciplines: GW Nursing, GW Law, GW Public Health
Location/Technology Support: Hosted on GW Blackboard and Zoom. Available to all GW MPH students.

TITLE: TEAM PERFORMANCE, PROVIDER BURNOUT AND HEALTH WORKFORCE CONCERNS DURING COVID-19

Experience: Virtual Tabletop Case Study
Date: 2/22/21
Time: 5pm-7:30pm
Cap: 50
Course Number/Section: PubH 6023.2U3
Faculty Moderator(s): Wiss
Partners/Disciplines: Yale Physician Assistant, USC Social Work, NYU Speech and Language, Georgetown Nursing, GW Public Health, Saint John Fisher PharmD
Location/Technology Support: Hosted on 2GW and Zoom. Available to all GW MPH students.

TITLE: VIPE - DEPRESSION: INDIVIDUAL/COMMUNITY FACTORS IMPACTING HEALTH AND RESILIENCE

Experience Type: Virtual Tabletop Case Study
Date: 3/29/21
Time: 5:00pm-7:30pm
Cap: 50 
Course Number/Section: PubH 6023.2U4
Faculty Moderator(s): Wiss, Braungart, Allen
Partners/Disciplines: GW Nursing
Location/Technology Support: Hosted on GW Blackboard and Zoom. Available to all GW MPH students.

TITLE: COMBATING CANCER AND MANAGING CHRONIC PAIN

Experience Type: Virtual Tabletop Case Study
Date: 4/6/21
Time: 8:30am-12:30pm
Cap: 50 
Course Number/Section: PubH 6023.2U5
Faculty Moderator(s): Wiss, Straker, Jonely and Cox
Partners/Disciplines: GW PA, GW OT, GW SON, GW Medicine, GW PH
Location/Technology Support: Hosted on GW Blackboard and Zoom. Available to all GW MPH students.

 

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FALL 2020 IPE ACTIVITIES

TITLE: AFRIVIPE - COMPLEX HEALTH SITUATIONS DURING COVID-19

Experience: Virtual Tabletop (International and Domestic Partners)
Date: 10/26/2020
Time: 10am-12:30pm
Cap: Closed - Activity at capacity
Course Number/Section: PubH 6023.2U1
Faculty Moderator(s): Wiss
Partners/Disciplines: Health and Allied Health Professions from: Nelson Mandela University, ARU Cambridge, Amref University, North-West University, University of Pretoria School of Medicine,  Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University in South Africa, Benson Kenya Moi University, Yale, USC, NYU and GW
Description: Focuses on the complex health and economic situation being encountered by one woman situated in Pretoria, South Africa, without easy access to water, sanitation and clinical care.
Location/Technology Support:  Hosted on 2GW and Zoom. Available to all GW MPH students.

TITLE: STROKE: COLLABORATIVE CARE AND CONSIDERATIONS

Experience: Virtual Tabletop - Case Exercise
Date: 11/10/2020
Time: 8am-12:30pm
Cap: 50 MPH students
Course Number/Section: PubH 6023.10
Faculty Moderator(s): Wiss
Partners/Disciplines: GW clinical, allied health and public health professions programs: Physician Assistant, Nursing, Physical Therapy, Medicine, Public Health and others
Description: Case focuses on the one individual patient’s experience with stroke, compounded by other co-morbidities and addiction issues. Students will have approx. 2 hours of outside work in preparation for a three-hour synchronous work and collaboration session with students from other GW programs, consisting of group case activities.
Location/Technology Support: GW supplied technologies

TITLE: VIPE - AUTISM: NEEDS, CHALLENGES AND CARE THROUGHOUT THE LIFECYCLE

Experience Type: Virtual Tabletop - Case Exercise
Date: 11/16/2020
Time: 5:00pm-7:30pm
Cap: 50 MPH students
Course Number/Section: PubH 6023.11
Faculty Moderator(s): Wiss
Partners/Disciplines: Yale Physician Assistant, USC Social Work, NYU Speech and Language, Georgetown Nursing, GW Public Health, Saint John Fisher PharmD
Description: Students will collaboratively explore a case study focused on one family’s experience with Autism and the broader policy, healthcare access and education landscape where the case takes place. Students will have approx. 2-3 hours of outside work in preparation for a 2.5 hour live tabletop case activity with students from other disciplines.
Location/Technology Support: Event takes place on 2GW platform. Available to all GW MPH students.