Description:
The Interprofessional Educators & Practitioners Association (IEPA) seeks to recognize a faculty/staff leader and a team at The University of Oklahoma Health for their exceptional contributions to interprofessional programming and team collaboration.
Awards:
- IEPA Outstanding Leader of the Year Award
- IEPA Outstanding Team of the Year Award
Award Criteria:
- Faculty/Staff member at The University of Oklahoma.
- IEPA member (Click here to join. Team Awards: At least one team member must be an IEPA member. Membership requires participation in at least one IEPA activity per year.)
- Demonstrates leadership in interprofessional development in one or more of the followings:
- Demonstrates ability to collaborate with multiple professionals in a variety of settings.
- Promotes interprofessional competencies.
- Involvement in scholarly work such as submission of abstracts, presentations, reports, or manuscripts, relative to interprofessional education or practice.
Nominations:
Nominations for 2025 have closed.
Nominations must include:
- Nominee’s Name, Title, Department, College, Contact Information.
- Short statement supporting/justifying the nomination. This statement will be added to the awardee’s certificate and read during the award presentation.
- Those nominated will receive information from the Office of Interdisciplinary Programs regarding submitting their application package.
Applications:
Applications for 2025 have closed. Applications will be returned by email to sarah-seely@ouhsc.edu.
Applications must include:
- CV for each person nominated.
- A letter of support, may come from the person who submitted the nomination.
- Leader of the Year: A one page description of their outstanding accomplishments that may include demonstration of best practices, evaluations/assessments, scholarly works, or other indicators.
- Team of the Year: Teams will be asked to respond to the following short questions:
- Please tell us how you define team.
- Describe how your team collaborates.
- Describe how each member contributes to team collaboration.
Award Process:
- The IEPA Faculty Development Awards Subcommittee will receive and review each nomination. Nominations will be scored using a rubric. The winner will be decided by the nomination with the most points from the scoring rubric.
- The Award will be presented during Unity Appreciation Day on April 22.