Collaborating Across Borders (CAB) is the premier North American conference focused on interprofessional education and collaborative healthcare. The CAB conference was first launched in 2007 as a venue where educators, clinicians, researchers, policy makers, patients/family partners and students from the United States and Canada could engage to share knowledge, discuss ideas and form collaborative relationships.
The American Interprofessional Health Collaborative (AIHC) is proud to announce the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) and Creighton University will co-host Collaborating Across Borders (CAB) IX in Omaha, Nebraska in May 2025. Both UNMC and Creighton have a long history of commitment to interprofessional practice and education, as well as ongoing cross-institutional collaboration in IPE to support regional advances.
“Our institutions are excited to work together to showcase interprofessional practice and education advances across North America,” says Devin Nickol, MD, associate dean for interprofessional education, University of Nebraska Medical Center. “UNMC and Creighton have made significant investments in interprofessional learning in recent years and look forward to introducing the interprofessional community to our work and the city of Omaha during the CAB conference” adds Jennifer Jessen, EdD, RN, CNOR, executive director of the Center for Interprofessional Practice, Education and Research, Creighton University. Amy Blue, PhD, AIHC chair and associate vice president for interprofessional education, University of Florida, shares “AIHC is excited to welcome Collaborating Across Borders back to the United States in 2025. We know our colleagues at UNMC and Creighton will host an excellent learning experience for the interprofessional community.”
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Collaborating Across Borders 2007 - 2023
In recognition of the 10th anniversary of Collaborating Across Borders, The National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education is creating a collection from previous CAB conferences. The National Center invites you to contribute to its growth by submitting your documents, memories, photos, and any material you have that helps document the rich history established during the past ten years. Contact us so we can help add your material to the collection.
CAB I provided a venue for American and Canadian health professionals, policy makers, educators, and students to discuss topics in peer-reviewed sessions related to innovations in curriculum and instruction, faculty development, policy development, technology-enhanced IPE, and new models of care. Emphasis was on evidence for best practices, showcasing outcomes, and sharing lessons learned. There was a special effort to actively incorporate students’ views.
Canada hosted CAB II- Building Bridges Between Interprofessional Education and Practice in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The conference title reflected the importance of establishing relationships and networks to promote the further development of the relationship between IPE and IPP. Several initiatives were facilitated by these exchanges including the creation of the American Interprofessional Health Collaborative (AIHC), modeled after the Canadian Interprofessional Health Collaborative (CIHC).
CAB I and CAB II provided a solid foundation for sharing expertise, experience and best practices for designing and implementing IPE across “borders”. CAB III: Interprofessional Education in the 21st Century was co-hosted by the AIHC and CIHC. The conference focus was on the development of: interprofessional competence; strategies for preparing students for interprofessional collaborative practice; tailoring of learning environments for interprofessional team preparation; infrastructure, culture, and faculty leadership for interprofessional programs; and a spectrum of policy issues.
The theme of CAB IV was Transformative Change from the Classroom to Practice. We hear often that preparing future and current health care providers and leaders to collaborate within and across professions is best represented by a continuum of learning and application. Whether a student, health care practitioner, educator, patient, patient advocate, system leader, or policy-maker, the CAB IV conference emphasized important opportunities for attendees to enhance their ability to collaborate and to teach collaboration so that ultimately, we help to improve health outcomes.
The CAB V conference theme was The Interprofessional Journey: Advancing Integration and Impact reflected the importance of integration and impact as they play a role in the preparation of future health professionals. Continuing the traditions established by previous CAB conferences by focusing on interprofessional education, practice, leadership and policy in a North American context, the conference featured best practices, showcase evidence-based outcomes and lessons learned, and provide a venue for scholarly dialogue and productive networking.
Collaborating Across Borders VI will build on the highly successful CAB Conference series (I, II, III, IV, and V), CAB VI will link educators, researchers, practitioners, students and patients from Canada and the United States in essential discussions around interprofessional health care education, practice, leadership and policy in North America.
In true Indiana fashion, the theme of CAB VII is “Crossroads of Collaboration.” Indianapolis is the hub of several major interstate highways that crisscross in Indiana, connecting its residents to the rest of the United States. Our hope is that CAB VII will serve as a hub for all of those engaged in interprofessional education and/or collaborative practice, connecting leaders from around the globe to advance interprofessional, collaborative practice to improve quality care and health outcomes.
The eighth Collaborating Across Borders (CAB VIII) conference is held virtually from May 15 – 18, 2023. CABVIII is hosted by the University of Toronto’s Centre for Advancing Collaborative Healthcare and Education (CACHE) in collaboration with the Canadian Interprofessional Health Collaborative (CIHC) and the American Interprofessional Health Collaborative (AIHC). The theme of the conference is Hope and Trust in Health and Social Care. CAB VIII continues the tradition of focusing on advances in interprofessional practice and education, research and innovation, and policy, systems and leadership with a newly added francophone stream.
