Centre for the Advancement of Interprofessional Education

Name

Centre for the Advancement of Interprofessional Education

Legal name

The Centre for the Advancement of Interprofessional Education

Website

https://caipe.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1987

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice Services

NAICS

Professional Organizations (81392), Business, Professional, Labor, Political, and Similar Organizations (8139), Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Continuing Education (CE/CPD) & Provider Accreditation Bodies (EDADACAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Association & Society Conference Management (Nonprofit, Professional Bodies) (THAHACAA), Specialized/Single-Purpose Accreditors (e.g., seminaries, arts conservatories) (EDADACAD)

Keywords

• Interprofessional education
• Collaborative practice
• Health workforce development
• Professional education standards
• Faculty development services

Headquarters

HQ city

Fareham

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership Subscriptions: Annual subscriptions from individual members (£50-£95), student members (£10), service users/carers (£5), and organisational/corporate members (£850-£1,600). Membership provides access to resources, publications, working groups, and discounts on conferences and publications.
2. Workshops and Consultancy Services: Bespoke interactive workshops delivered by national and international experts on topics including IPE strategy development, faculty development, quality facilitation, assessment, evaluation, and research. Consultancy services offered to organisations wishing to introduce or develop IPE.
3. Expert Speakers: Inspirational and expert speakers provided for external events on a wide variety of IPE topics.
4. Conference and Event Revenue: Revenue from symposiums, regional forums, and the biennial All Together Better Health conferences facilitated through Interprofessional.Global. Annual John Horder Awards event held at Royal Society of Medicine.
5. Publication Partnerships: Partnership with Taylor & Francis for Journal of Interprofessional Care. Discounted access for members; 20% discount on Routledge/CAIPE Collaborative Practice series publications for members.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

CAIPE operates as a UK-based charitable membership organisation advancing Interprofessional Education (IPE) and Collaborative Practice in health and social care. Its core offerings include tiered membership programs (Individual, Student, Service User/Carer, Organisation), the official Journal of Interprofessional Care, evidence-based Quality Standards for Pre-Registration IPE, bespoke workshops and consultancy, awards programs, and a publications and digital stories resource library. Members gain access to research priority groups, networking events, and discounted publications through its publishing partnerships.

Product overview

CAIPE is a membership-based scholarly charity offering a portfolio of interprofessional education products and services. The core offerings include membership programs (individual, organisation, student, service user/carer), the Journal of Interprofessional Care as the official peer-reviewed journal, Quality Standards for Pre-Registration Interprofessional Education, workshops and consultancy services, digital stories collection, awards programs (John Horder, Hugh Barr, Scott Reeves), publications and resources library, research priority group activities, expert speakers program, and participation in the Interprofessional.Global international network. The portfolio centres on advancing interprofessional education and collaborative practice through evidence generation, dissemination, and stakeholder engagement rather than a unified software platform.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• CAIPE Membership Programs Tiered annual memberships (Individual £50/£95, Organisation £850/£1,600, Student £10, Service User/Carer £5) providing access to CAIPE resources, publications including the Journal of Interprofessional Care, working groups, e-bulletins, AGM voting rights, member discounts, and networking opportunities.
• Journal of Interprofessional Care Official peer-reviewed journal of CAIPE published six times per year electronically and in hard copy, promoting collaboration, practice, and research in interprofessional education, health, and social care worldwide, with 350,000+ downloads per year and ~1,000 manuscript submissions annually.
• Quality Standards for Pre-Registration Interprofessional Education Evidence-based comprehensive framework of six domains for the design, management, and delivery of high-quality pre-registration interprofessional education, developed with HCPC, NMC, GMC, GPhC, and GDC input, used by universities and regulators as a quality benchmark.
• CAIPE Workshops and Consultancy Services Bespoke interactive workshops and consultancy services delivered by IPE experts for organisations developing interprofessional education, covering IPE strategy development, faculty development, quality facilitation, assessment, evaluation, and research, delivered in-person or online.
• Digital Stories Collection Collection of personal digital stories specifically relating to IPE, created through Patient Voices workshops, available to CAIPE members with accompanying guidelines for use in teaching, curriculum planning, facilitation, and promotion of IPE.
• CAIPE Awards Programs Awards programs recognising excellence in IPE, including the John Horder Practitioner Team Award (£600), John Horder Student Team Award (£600), Hugh Barr Award (£800) for best paper in Journal of Interprofessional Care advancing social work in IPE, and Scott Reeves Award for best research oral paper (£800), held annually at the Royal Society of Medicine.
• CAIPE Publications and Resources Library Extensive online library of CAIPE publications, archived publications (including 100+ newsletters dating to 2007), Routledge/CAIPE series, Blackwell/CAIPE series, and publishing collaborations available to members, with a 20% member discount on Routledge/CAIPE Collaborative Practice series.
• CAIPE Research Priority Group Research group focused on generating, synthesising, and translating the evidence-base for best practice in IPE and collaborative practice, with active subgroups covering Faculty Development, IPE Assessment, Learning in Practice, and Collaborative Interprofessional Competence.
• Expert Speakers Program Provision of inspirational and expert speakers from CAIPE's network for external events on a wide variety of IPE and collaborative practice topics, coordinated through CAIPE's network of academics and practitioners.
• All Together Better Health Biennial Conference (UK member of Interprofessional.Global) Biennial international conference series hosted under the Interprofessional.Global confederation (in which CAIPE participates as UK regional network), attracting 500-900+ delegates worldwide to promote IPE and collaborative practice.

Quantifiable outcome

• Journal of Interprofessional Care: 350,000+ downloads per year with close to 1,000 manuscript submissions annually
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers13 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

16 partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, core and minor.

• Interprofessional.Global (IP.G)flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1997CAIPE is one of a growing number of Regional Networks confederating in Interprofessional.Global, which subscribes to the same ideals worldwide and oversees the biennial All Together Better Health (ATBH) conferences. IP.G facilitates support and exchange between global IPECP networks and welcomes new networks sharing the same aims and values.
• Taylor & Francis (Routledge)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPublisher partnership for the Journal of Interprofessional Care. CAIPE members receive substantial discount on journal subscription. CAIPE also offers 20% discount on Routledge/CAIPE Collaborative Practice series publications.
• International Foundation for Integrated Care (IFIC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCAIPE has a Knowledge Partnership Agreement with IFIC, a not-for-profit educational membership-based network that brings together academics, researchers, managers, clinicians, policy makers and users/carers to advance integrated care policy and practice.
• International Network for Health Workforce Education (INHWE)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMembership organisation bringing together healthcare educators and researchers from all disciplines to improve education and training provided to health workforce professionals across the globe.
• World Health Organisation (WHO)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCAIPE works with WHO which has been instrumental in the development and promotion of interprofessional education and produced several publications on the topic. The 5th AfrIPEN Conference (2026) will be supported by WHO.
• African Interprofessional Education Network (AfrIPEN)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional network (Africa) for interprofessional education and collaborative practice. CAIPE participates in and supports AfrIPEN conferences and activities.
• Australasian Interprofessional Practice and Education Network (AIPPEN)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional network (Australasia) for interprofessional practice and education, part of Interprofessional.Global confederation.
• Canadian Interprofessional Health Collaborative (CIHC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCanadian network providing scholarship and leadership in IPE and collaborative practice, hosting biennial Collaboration across Borders conferences alternatively with AIHC.
• Nordic Interprofessional Education Network (NIPNET)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNordic network for interprofessional education and practice in health and social care, meeting to exchange experience and establish mutual support network.
• Regional Network of Interprofessional Education of the Americas (REIP)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional network constituting strategy of articulation and technical cooperation between educational institutions, professional organisations and ministries to promote IPE/CP in the Americas.
• American Interprofessional Health Collaborative (AIHC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUS network providing scholarship and leadership in IPE and collaborative practice, hosting biennial Collaboration across Borders conferences alternatively with CIHC.
• European Interprofessional Practice and Education Network (EIPEN)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEuropean network of organisations active in interprofessional practice and education in health and social care, holding biennial conferences and developing publications.
• Professional, Statutory and Regulatory Bodies (PSRB)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCAIPE works with PRSBs including HCPC, NMC, GMC, GPhC, GDC to develop quality standards and ensure IPE integration in professional education standards.
• The King's FundminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerIndependent charity working to improve health and care in England through research, analysis, leadership development, and bringing people together to learn and debate.
• Royal Society of MedicinecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCAIPE partners with RSM for annual John Horder Awards ceremony. RSM General Practice with Primary Healthcare section provides national forum for learning with, from and about other professions.
• National Center for Interprofessional Practice & Education (NEXUS)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUS public-private partnership providing leadership, evidence and resources for interprofessional education and collaborative practice, using definition adapted from CAIPE and WHO.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Canadian Interprofessional Health Collaborative (CIHC): Canadian national network for IPE and collaborative practice, co-hosting Collaboration across Borders. A regional IPE peer with the same membership/standards/advocacy model as CAIPE.
• European Interprofessional Practice and Education Network (EIPEN): European network of organisations active in interprofessional practice and education in health and social care, holding biennial conferences and developing publications. A regional peer network operating in adjacent European markets.
• National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education (NEXUS): US public-private partnership providing leadership, evidence and resources for IPE and collaborative practice, and explicitly uses an adaptation of CAIPE's definition. Functions as the US counterpart in evidence synthesis, convening, and standards work.
• International Foundation for Integrated Care (IFIC): Not-for-profit educational membership-based network that brings together academics, researchers, managers, clinicians, policy makers and users/carers to advance integrated care. A knowledge partner of CAIPE and a closely adjacent peer in integrated/collaborative practice.
• International Network for Health Workforce Education (INHWE): Membership organisation bringing together healthcare educators and researchers globally to improve education and training for health workforce professionals. A direct peer in health-workforce-focused continuing education and convening.
• American Interprofessional Health Collaborative (AIHC): US national network advancing scholarship and leadership in interprofessional education and collaborative practice, co-hosting the biennial Collaboration across Borders conference with CIHC. Directly comparable to CAIPE as a regional IPE/collaborative practice membership network.

Broad incumbents

• The King's Fund: Independent UK charity working to improve health and care in England through research, analysis, leadership development and convening. A broader UK health-policy think tank with overlapping convening, publishing, and influencing functions to CAIPE.
• Royal Society of Medicine: UK medical organisation providing a national forum for learning across professions, hosting events and awards. A broader incumbent that CAIPE partners with for the John Horder Awards ceremony and that operates a comparable membership/convening model.

Regional players

• African Interprofessional Education Network (AfrIPEN): Regional African IPE/collaborative practice network confederated under Interprofessional.Global, with WHO support. A regional peer that mirrors CAIPE's UK model in a different geography.
• Australasian Interprofessional Practice and Education Network (AIPPEN): Regional Australasian network for IPE and collaborative practice, part of the Interprofessional.Global confederation. A regional peer operating the same network/confederation model in Australia/New Zealand.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles16 records

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