The Office of Interprofessional and Interdisciplinary Education and Research at Case Western Reserve University and Cleveland Clinic is dedicated to achieving higher impact through effective teamwork.
Research shows that team-based health care leads to better patient outcomes and satisfaction. But too often, our future health care professionals aren’t learning this way. Instead, they learn about their professions in silos, then are pushed together in the real world.
Our Health Education Campus—and the faculty who teach there—aim to change that.
The campus—comprising the Sheila and Eric Samson Pavilion and dental clinic building—is intended to foster collaboration and communication among future health care professionals from all fields, including medicine, nursing, dental medicine, physician assistant and social work.
Through our interprofessional education model, students come together for some of their traditional health courses, as well as new offerings focused specifically on elements of successful teams. They also have opportunities to see actual teams practice—and, in some cases, even participate in their efforts.
By learning, studying and gathering alongside one another, we aim to encourage collaboration, improve communication and foster professional relationships.
Schools & Programs
The Health Education Campus brings together students from multiple Case Western Reserve University schools and programs under one roof:
- School of Medicine MD and MD/PhD programs
- Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University MD program
- School of Medicine Physician Assistant program
- Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing
- School of Dental Medicine
- Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences (though the majority of its educational programming still takes place on the main CWRU campus)