LSU HEALTH SHREVEPORT 
  QUALITY ENHANCEMENT PLAN 2024-2029

As part of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) reaffirmation of accreditation process, the Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) is a carefully designed course of action that addresses a well-defined and focused topic or issue related to enhancing student learning and/or student success, exemplifying the institution's commitment to continuous improvement and academic excellence. SACSCOC Standard 7.2 outlines the criteria for the QEP, requiring it to:

1. stem from the institution’s ongoing, comprehensive planning and evaluation processes,
2. garner broad-based support of institutional constituencies,
3. focus on improving specific student learning outcomes and/or student success,
4. commit resources to initiate, implement, and complete the QEP, and
5. include a plan to assess achievement.

Starting Fall 2024, LSU Health Shreveport (LSUHS) will embark on a five-year Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) titled "STRIPE" – Student TRaining in InterProfessional Education – as part of the institution’s SACSCOC reaffirmation of accreditation process. Implemented across its three schools - Medicine, Graduate Studies, and Allied Health Professions - STRIPE aims to enhance student knowledge, skills, behaviors, and attitudes regarding team-based health care delivery and interdisciplinary collaboration. The selection of interprofessional education as the QEP topic emerged from collaborative, comprehensive planning efforts, with subsequent progress marked by pilot experiences and significant institutional backing. Overseen by the IPE Steering Committee, STRIPE integrates IPE principles into small-group, active learning modules embedded within the curricula of each school. Specific student learning outcomes are carefully crafted around essential IPE competencies, emphasizing a) values and ethics, b) roles and responsibilities, c) communication, and d) teams and teamwork. STRIPE incorporates validated assessment tools to measure student achievement in these areas, employing a robust pre-post design and statistical analysis throughout its five-year duration.

To view the Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP), please click on the image below:

Grounded in the principles set forth by the Interprofessional Education Collaborative Core Competencies for Interprofessional Collaborative Practice: Version 3 (published November 20, 2023), the following set of student learning outcomes was established:

SLO 1: Students will be able to describe their perceptions about, and familiarity with, the roles and responsibilities of other healthcare professional learners. They will be able to articulate the roles and responsibilities of other health professions and how their role and those of other health professions work together as a team.

SLO 2: Students will be able to demonstrate the ability to establish or build a working relationship based on ethics, mutual respect, and shared values with other health professionals in the care of the patient.

SLO 3: Students will be able to demonstrate the ability to effectively communicate and collaborate with other health professionals to provide patient-centered care.

SLO 4: Students will be able to apply the values and principles of team dynamics to work effectively within interprofessional teams to deliver high-quality patient-centered care.

*Working Group (Kelly Pagidas, MD, Chair)