Conference Program
The content of this pre-conference section has been postponed until 2009.
Benchmarking the IIT IPRO Program at IIT
The Pre-Conference Workshop offers an overview of how IIT's Interdisciplinary Projects Program, called IPRO, functions. Lead members of the IPRO program will share their experience with this successful, 11-year-old program.
Location: University Technology Park at IIT, 3440 South Dearborn Street
| Time | Session Title | Chair | Speakers |
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| 8:00–9:30am | Continental Breakfast | ||
| 9:00–10:30am | IPRO Background: History, Learning Objectives, Goals, and the Accreditation of IIT's Interprofessional Projects Program | Tom Jacobius, Director, IPRO Program |
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| 10:45–12:15pm | IPRO Assessment: Program Interventions and System Tools | Dan Ferguson, Associate Director, IPRO Program |
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| 12:15–1:30pm | Lunch | ||
| 1:45–3:00pm | IPRO Research: Stakeholder Surveys, Undergraduate Research, and Continuous Process Improvement | Margaret Huyck, Co-Director of Research, IPRO Program |
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| 3:15–4:30pm | IPRO Operations: IPRO Faculty Development and Support, Grading of Students and Team Deliverables, Project Creation and Support, and Sponsor Recruitment and Management | Dan Ferguson, Associate Director, IPRO Program |
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| 4:30pm | Reception at IIT BOG (Hermann Union Building, 3241 South Federal Street - lower level) | ||
Thursday, May 1st | Benchmarking the Best Practices in Interprofessional Education
The program on the first day of the conference will cover learning objectives, faculty engagement and development, team formation, peer evaluation, grading and performace measurement, workplace collaborations, partnerships and sponsorships, and real and virtual collaboration environments.
Location: McCloska Ballroom, McCormick-Tribune Campus Center, 3201 South State Street
| Time | Session Title | Chair | Speakers |
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| 8:00–8:30am | Continental Breakfast | ||
| 8:30–8:45am | Welcome | Tom Jacobius Director, IPRO Program |
John Anderson President, Illinois Institute of Technology |
| 8:45–10:15am | Models for Interprofessional Education | Tom Jacobius Director, IPRO Program |
Ann McKenna & Penny Hirsch Northwestern University Richard Vaz Worcester Polytechnic Institute |
| 10:30–11:30am | Research and Innovation in Interprofessional Education | Dan Ferguson Associate Director, IPRO Program |
Yevgeniya Zastavker Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering Lisa McNair Virginia Tech |
| 11:45–1:15pm | Lunch and Keynote Address | Jeremy Alexis IIT Institute of Design |
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| 1:30–2:30pm | Interprofessional Team-Based Entrepreneurship Education | David Pistrui Director of Entrepreneurship, IIT |
Paul Swamidass Auburn University Henry Delcore California State University, Fresno Timothy Stearns California State University, Fresno |
| 2:45–3:45pm | Interprofessional Project Creation, Evaluation and Sponsor Management | Dan Ferguson Associate Director, IPRO Program |
John Ochs Lehigh University Richard Vaz Worcester Polytechnic Institute |
| 4:00–5:00pmm | Teaching and Learning Ethical Decision Making in an Interprofessional Team Context | Margaret Huyck Co-Director of Research, IPRO Program |
Lisa Getzler-Linn Lehigh University June Ferrill Rice University |
| 5:00–6:00pm | Reception at IIT BOG (Hermann Union Building, 3241 South Federal Street - lower level) | ||
Friday, May 2nd | IPRO Day Student Competition
IIT's multidisciplinary student teams—representing engineering, science, the humanities, business, architecture, psychology, law and design—make terrific advances each semester. Teams create presentations and exhibits for their projects, which are evaluated by a group of professional, faculty and graduate students judges. Winning teams are recognized for their hard work at the end of the day.
Location: Hermann Union Building, 3241 South Federal Street
| Time | Event | Speakers |
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| 9:00–5:00pm | IPRO Day: All day exhibits and presentations by 50+ multidisciplinary student project teams
Project categories include:
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| 5:00–6:00pm | Closing ceremony with Thought Leader Seminar | Donald Esmond, Senior Vice President, Toyota USA |
| Team Recognition Awards | John Anderson, IIT President |
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