For the past ten years, the University of Michigan’s Center for Interprofessional Education (CIPE) has been transforming how we learn, lead, and care–together.
Please join us on Thursday, October 9, 2025, from 8:00am to 1:00pm at the Michigan League for a special event marking the 10th anniversary of the CIPE. This celebration will bring together educators, clinicians, and learners across our three campuses and Michigan Medicine to reflect on the impact of interprofessional collaboration, honor our 2025 IPE Awards recipients, and look ahead to the future of team-based care and education. The theme of the event is Healing Through Teamwork, Connection, and Relationships.
Event Overview
- 7:30am-8:00am Breakfast
- 8:00am-8:20am Opening: The History of CIPE with Dr. Rajesh Mangrulkar, CIPE Director
- 8:30am-9:20am Activity #1 (workshop of choice)
- 9:30am-10:20am Activity #2 (workshop of choice)
- 10:30am-11:15am Plenary and Q&A with Dr. Thomas Lee, Chief Medical Officer of Press Ganey and Editor-in-Chief of NEJM Catalyst
- 11:15am-12:00pm An engaging panel with local and national voices
- 12:00pm-1:00pm Lunch, awards, and a forward-looking closing about the future of CIPE
We are thrilled to welcome Dr. Thomas Lee, Chief Medical Officer of Press Ganey and Editor-in-Chief of NEJM Catalyst, as our keynote speaker. A practicing internist and cardiologist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Dr. Lee brings decades of leadership in health care performance improvement, health policy, and patient-centered care. His newest book, Social Capital in Healthcare, introduces a powerful framework for building trust, resilience, and teamwork in organizations that focus on improving health–an approach that aligns deeply with our values of interprofessional education and collaboration.
Workshops
1) Introduction to the Enneagram as a Gateway to Understanding Oneself and Others on Your Team | Ms. Cindy Marteney, Founder and Executive Leadership Coach of the Marteney Group
The Enneagram is a personality framework that describes nine core personality archetypes, each with distinct motivations, strengths, and patterns of behavior. In this engaging workshop, you’ll explore these nine archetypes and learn how they tend to respond under pressure, what environments they thrive in, and more. Through interactive discussion and practical examples, you’ll learn how the Enneagram can serve as a powerful tool for self-awareness and interpersonal understanding. Discover how leaders across education, clinical care, and research have used it to foster more emotionally intelligent, resilient, and connected teams.
2) Fostering Cohesive Teams in Dynamic Environments: Applying Team Development Theory to Attain Team Effectiveness or “Teamness” | Dr. Thomas Bishop, Clinical Psychologist and Associate Professor with the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Discover the four fundamental pillars essential for cultivating reliable and effective teams. In this workshop, we will systematically examine the "4 C's" that underpin successful team formation in fast-paced environments where trust, cohesion, and dependability are all critical to achieving high performance. Through structured participation, you will gain firsthand insight into how intentional efforts to foster conscientiousness, curiosity, community, and cooperation can enhance team functioning.
3) Interprofessional Leadership Lessons through the Lens of Kotter | Dr. Rajesh Mangrulkar, CIPE Director, & Dr. Thomas Lee, Chief Medical Officer of Press Ganey
Explore what it takes to lead meaningful change in complex health systems. In this interactive workshop, you'll hear real-world stories from university and national leaders across health and healthcare as they reflect on the challenges and breakthroughs they’ve faced while driving system-level change. Using Kotter’s 8-Step Process for Leading Change as a guiding framework, you’ll engage in discussion and hands-on application of key leadership strategies, with an emphasis on the power of interprofessional collaboration. Whether you're a seasoned leader or emerging change agent, this session will help you strengthen your ability to lead across disciplines and navigate the human side of transformation.
4) Unlocking Capacities: Empowering Student Leaders with Purpose and Power | Ms. Hannah Edwards, CIPE Education and Curriculum Program Manager
This interactive workshop explores a five-level framework for engaging students as collaborative leaders–from contributor to change agent. Participants from across roles will reflect on their current practices, ideate new student roles through scenario design sprints, and identify strategies to support authentic student leadership in curriculum, research, and system change. Whether you're building capacity or fostering innovation, this session will help you align mentorship with meaningful student impact.
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