Dr. Pole directs the SLU Center for Interprofessional Education & Research. The Center coordinates IP learning experiences and course at the undergraduate, graduate, and clincal practice levels across the medical center. He is the course director for medical students in patient safety, qualtiy improvement, and the IP Team Semianrs with students from 9 different professions during the clinical training phase of their programs. This project is the product of collaboraions across the Schools of Medicine, Nursing, and College of Health Sciences and the Provost Office to integrate IPE courses with the new Core Curriculum for the university.