Members of HPAC do not pay dues but commit to working with other HPAC members in addressing matters of common interest (e.g., interprofessional education [IPE] standards and assessment, evaluation of simulation, Team Observed Structured Clinical Encounters [TOSCEs] and planning future projects [e.g., research, consensus documents], and educational sessions).
The six founding members of HPAC include:
- Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education
- Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education
- Commission on Dental Accreditation
- Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation
- Council on Education for Public Health
- Liaison Committee on Medical Education
In April 2017, 17 additional organizations joined HPAC, committing to working together to advance interprofessional education (IPE), practice, and quality, as well as working together on other educational and research issues of common interest. These new accreditor members are:
- Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools
- Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing
- Accreditation Commission for Midwifery Education
- Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics
- Accreditation Council on Optometric Education
- Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant
- American Occupational Therapy Association
- American Psychological Association Commission on Accreditation
- Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs
- Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education
- Commission on Accreditation for Health Informatics and Information Management Education
- Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education
- Commission on Accreditation for Respiratory Care
- Council for Accreditation of Counseling & Related Educational Program
- Council on Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology
- Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs
- Council on Chiropractic Education
- Council on Podiatric Medical Education
- Council on Social Work Education
