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Re-Visioning Interprofessional Education In Virtual Worlds, Susan Toth-Cohen, Anne C. Smith

Department of Occupational Therapy Faculty Papers

From their inception, virtual worlds have attracted educators from many disciplines, and benefits for both students and educators for networking and immersive experience have been well documented. But, while virtual world education has engaged multiple disciplines to learn with, from, and about each other, the potential for innovation in interprofessional education (IPE) has not been fully realized. This paper outlines ways to re-vision IPE using a flexible learning framework to develop, implement, and enhance virtual world training programs.