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The purposes of this program: 1. Train an interprofessional team of patient safety champions in patient safety knowledge, attitudes, skills, and quality improvement techniques. 2. Foster

interaction among trainees in clinical, teaching and research domains. FELLOWSHIP OVERVIEW Interprofessional education can facilitate health care professionals’ and researchers’

understanding about each other’s role in patient care and promote effective communication skills in complex health care systems (Interprofessional Education Collaborative Expert Panel, 2016;

Institute of Medicine, 2003, 2015; World Health Organization, 2010).  To date, over 35 nurse, pharmacist and physician fellows have graduated from the fellowship and taken leadership

positions in patient safety, performance improvement and academia. Patient safety training using an interprofessional framework leads to professionals who are competent in their ability to

collaborate interprofessionally and foster improvements in patient safety. Sample of educational sources and content areas are illustrated below.  The program is held at the Milwaukee VA

medical center and the Medical College of Wisconsin. The medical center delivers primary, secondary, and tertiary care to Veterans with over 723,000 outpatient visits and 10,000 hospitalized

patients annually. Treatment programs include substance abuse rehabilitation, psychiatric rehabilitation, post-traumatic stress disorder treatments, a spinal cord injury / disorder unit,

and a women’s health clinic, among many specialty areas.