Virtual Clinic—Opening the Clinic Door to Interprofessional Education and Practice

• Shifts in health-care call for nurses as interprofessional leaders.
• Use of technology in an online learning (OL) format is changing the landscape of nursing education.
• Engaged learning is linked to curriculum requirements and sufficient resources.
• Data support the theory of engagement for evaluation of interprofessionalism in a virtual environment.
• The VCCLE transforms OL into an engaged experience in interprofessionalism.

Innovative use of technology in an online learning format is changing the landscape of nursing education. Use of online learning methodologies is becoming the mainstay of many nursing education programs. In this article we describe a theory-based, innovative approach to promote interprofessionality by offering a virtual clinic in the health sciences curriculum. The relationship of this virtual clinic to learning processes and outcomes in nursing online learning is discussed along with financial and technical considerations for successful technology integration into advanced nursing education.