STM publisher Elsevier has announced the launch of the Journal of Interprofessional Education & Practice (JIEP), the official journal of the National Academies of Practice (NAP) and affiliated with the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC).
JIEP is a quarterly, online-only journal focusing on interprofessional healthcare topics, including education, practice, policy, policy makers and research. JIEP is devoted to the dissemination of high quality, peer-reviewed articles covering the full spectrum of interprofessional healthcare education, including first professional degree, post-licensure learners, practitioner continuing education and faculty development.
Topics covered in JIEP include: Assessment of educational outcomes; Clinical practice, interprofessional healthcare research, opinion, public policy and review; Innovative teaching and learning strategies; New school and program start-up strategies; and Real-world healthcare activities that promote collaborative, efficient and cost-reducing measures.
JIEP founding Co-Editors-in-Chief are Dr. Devin R. Nickol, Associate Professor of Medicine at UNMC, for the interprofessional education (IPE) portion, and Dr. Antonio E. Puente, Professor of Psychology at the University of North Carolina Wilmington, for the interprofessional practice (IPP) portion.
