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Anne Godden-Webster - Interprofessional Experience Coordinator for the Faculty of Health Professions has received the 2016 Dr. John Gilbert Interprofessional Mentorship Award.

When two Dal students entered a competition together last spring, they had no idea they would develop a friendship, revive the Dalhousie Health Sciences Students’ Association, (DalHSSA) and then host a national conference for 130 participants, but that’s exactly what happened when Medical student Madeleine Bohrer and Respiratory Therapy student Meghan Beals got involved in their first Health Care Team Challenge.

On January 21st, Dalhousie held it's second annual Health Care Team Challenge with six interprofessional student teams vying for a place at the Nationals based on their ability to work collaboratively across disciplines to develop a patient care plan.

After a hiatus of a few years, the Dalhousie Health Sciences Students' Association (DalHSSA) was recently reinstated, and is already making an impact across campus.

Simulation Saturday is a chance for students from the Faculties of Health Professions, Medicine and Dentistry to experience interprofessional simulations in the Collaborative Health Education Building.

Almost a decade from concept to completion, the Collaborative Health Education Building opening was a milestone event at Dalhousie in 2015.

The First-Year Student Event, held on September 22, 2015, featured the inspiring story of Scott Jones.

Students working on an interprofessional education project are bringing smiles to the faces of staff and patients at the Nova Scotia Rehabilitation Centre.

Young stroke survivors face the unique challenge of how the stroke will impact their future. An interprofessional approach to stroke recovery can help young survivors create a new vision of the future for themselves.

On January 29th, the Faculty of Health Professions partnered with the IWK Health Centre to host the first Dalhousie Health Care Team Challenge.