Julie Phillips, PhD, serves as the Assistant Director at the Center for Teaching &
Learning at Jefferson University. Through programming that models evidence-based
practices, technology integration and content expertise, she facilitates the development
of curricular and co-curricular programming that cultivates a campus climate focused on
learner achievement, collaboration and the deep integration of communication, critical
thinking and interprofessional collaboration. Prior to joining Jefferson, she was involved in the development, evaluation and assessment of a newly designed common core undergraduate curriculum including more than 120 courses designed specifically for the initiative at Temple University. Dr. Philips previously had served as course director for Public Speaking and was a full-time faculty member in Temple’s Department of Strategic Communication. She earned her doctorate in Rhetorical Theory & Public Address form Purdue University (West Lafayette, IN).
There remains a significant gap in the literature regarding validated tools to assess interprofessional education core competencies (IOM, 2015). Educators and clinicians at Jefferson University sought to address this gap by leveraging the IPEC competencies to create an easy-to-use tool: the Jefferson Teamwork Observation Guide™ (JTOG). Initially used for the formative assessment of student teams, the application has been enhanced to allow for the 360-degree observations of teamwork behaviors in a multitude of educational and clinical settings.