News and announcements

On November 18 and 19, 2019, at the University of Santander (UDES) in the city of Bucaramanga, Colombia, the Academic Network for Interprofessional Health Education in the Americas (UNIRED-EIP) held its first technical meeting under the slogan "Together Transforming Education and Health Performance."

On November 7, the Victoria School of Nursing (FEV) of the Autonomous University of Tamaulipas (UAT), in Mexico, held the International Nursing Congress “Leading Change: The Nurse as a Reference in Primary Health Care”.

Collaborating Across Borders (CAB) is North America's premier conference on interprofessional education (IPE) and collaborative practice. The biannual event aims to bring together educators, researchers, practitioners, students and patients from Canada and the United States to discuss key issues in education, practice, leadership and interprofessional health policies.

From September 29 to October 2, 2019, the Brazilian Association of Medical Education held the 57th Brazilian Congress of Medical Education (COBEM).

October 18^th, 2019

Dear Regional, National and International Leaders, Educators, Researchers, Networks, and Colleagues:

On August 14th and 15th, Guyana's Ministry of Public Health, Division of Health Sciences Education held a The National Forum for Interprofessional Education (IPE) and Collaborative Practice (CP) for Healthcare.

The event marked the launch of Guyana's IPE action plan for the next two years.

From June 17 to 20, 2019, under the framework of the Interprofessional Education (IPE) Action Plan for Uruguay, the Faculty of Nursing (Fenf, Spanish acronym) of Uruguay’s University of the Republic carried out a series of activities to advance IPE in the university setting and in health services.

IPE in the Permanent Education Program

On May 8, 2019, the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Education in El Salvador held the First Technical Meeting on Interprofessional Education in Health.