Interprofessional Teaching in Action Matters Award (I-TEAM Award)
The 2026 I-TEAM Award Application Now Available!
The I-TEAM Award recognizes faculty teams for the development of interprofessional learning experiences that demonstrate excellence and innovation over at least a 3-year period. The learning experience can include learners at the pre-qualification or professional practice levels. The award is presented at the annual UIC faculty awards ceremony and includes $2,500 that is given to the team to foster continued evaluation and improvement of the learning experience.
The submission deadline for the 2026 I-TEAM Award Application is Friday, August 14, 2026.
Guidelines
Eligibility
- UIC faculty and instructional staff from all campuses are eligible. One team award will be granted annually.
- The planning team and the presenters must represent at least two or more professions.
- The learners participating in the activity must represent at least two or more professions.
- The interprofessional learning activity must have been offered at least three times.
Award Criteria
Demonstrated exceptional teaching effectiveness in advancing interprofessional practice and education in the following areas:
- The program design is evidenced informed, innovative and addresses important, contemporary interprofessional education or interprofessional practice needs consistent with the mission of CAIPPER.
- The program evaluation plan is evidence informed, uses valid assessment methods and demonstrates interprofessional learning outcomes.
- Evaluation results have been used to inform quality improvement.
- The program has been offered at least three times, is scalable, sustainable and/or transferable to new learners, formats or settings.
- The program is designed to create an inclusive and supportive learning environment for all learners.
Application Requirements
- Completed Qualtrics application that will provide evidence of how the team has met the award criteria.
- You can peruse the I-TEAM application word document before using the actual form to submit the application.
- Application Qualtrics Link.
- The I-TEAM Rubric will be used to evaluate applications.
- One and up to three signed letters of support from a learner, faculty member, or academic administrator.
- Attachments that demonstrates how the program meets the award criteria.
Timeline
The 2026 I-TEAM application is now open. Submissions are due on Friday, August 14, 2026, and an award announcement will be made in September 2026.
Award Recognition
Award recipients will be recognized at the UIC Faculty Awards Ceremony and Reception that will be held on Wednesday, March 31, 2027.
Review Committee
A three to five member review committee will be appointed and will include faculty, staff, and students from the seven health sciences colleges and other units at UIC. Past winners of the award will be invited to participate in the review committee.
The committee will use the I-TEAM Rubric to evaluate all applications. Review committee members will recuse themselves from reviewing applications where a conflict of interest exists.
Evaluation Resources: Kirkpatrick Levels to Assess the Impact of IPE Programs
The Kirkpatrick model is frequently used for the evaluation of IPE interventions. The four levels of outcomes include reaction, learning, behavior, and results. Please refer to the articles cited below for more information:
- Committee on Measuring the Impact of Interprofessional Education on Collaborative Practice and Patient Outcomes; Board on Global Health; Institute of Medicine. Measuring the Impact of Interprofessional Education on Collaborative Practice and Patient Outcomes. Washington (DC): National Academies Press (US); 2015 Dec 15. 3, Conceptual Framework for Measuring the Impact of IPE. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK338356/
- Hammick M, Freeth D, Koppel I, Reeves S, Barr H. A best evidence systematic review of interprofessional education: BEME Guide no. 9. Med Teach. 2007 Oct;29(8):735-51. doi: 10.1080/01421590701682576. PMID: 18236271.
- Scott Reeves, Sylvain Boet, Brenda Zierler & Simon Kitto (2015). Interprofessional Education and Practice Guide No. 3: Evaluating interprofessional education, Journal of Interprofessional Care, 29:4, 305-312, DOI: 10.3109/13561820.2014.1003637
Kirckpatrick Evaluation
| Level l: Reaction | Leamers 1: views on the learning experience and its interprofessional nature, |
| 2a: Modification of attitudes/perceptions | Changes in reciprocal attitudes or perceptions between participant groups. Changes in perception or attitude towards the value and/or use of team approaches to caring for a specific client group. |
| 2b: Acquisition of knowledge and skills | Acquisition of knowledge and skills linked to interprofessional collaboration. |
| 3: Behavioural change | Identified individuals' transfer of interprofessional learning to their practice setting and changes to professional practice. |
| 4a: Change in organisational practice | Wider changes in the organisation and delivery of care, |
| 4b: Benefits to patients/clients | Improvements in health or wellbeing of patients/clients. |
Questions
Please contact Ami Shah with any questions.