Interprofessional education (IPE) has been established as critical components in health care education programs needed to prepare students for their future roles (Davis et al., 2021; Nichols et al., 2019). Engaging students in IPE can increase knowledge of the professions they will work with and strengthen skills for interacting with other health care professionals (Kelly et al., 2018; Sigmon et al., 2020; Vaughn et al., 2022). The evidence indicates effective interprofessional collaboration improves healthcare quality and patient safety and reduces health care costs (Edwards et al., 2019; Godwin et al., 2021; Horsley et al., 2018). However, developing and implementing IPE into healthcare students’ curricula can be challenging. Scheduling for both students and faculty as well as designing activities that are engaging and relevant can present barriers.

We describe an innovative IPE project developed to engage healthcare students in a program aimed at increasing awareness of automated external defibrillator (AED) locations on a college campus. Knowledge of AEDs, both location and functionality are relevant topics for all healthcare students and professionals. The purpose of this IPE project was to engage healthcare students in a program aimed at increasing awareness of AED locations on campus. The project objectives were to (a) engage health professions students in a meaningful IPE activity, (b) educate the IPE students about the importance of timely activation of the emergency response system as well as the vital function of an AED, (c) design and produce a public service announcement (PSA) that designates campus locations of AEDs and provides instructions on how to respond to a cardiac arrest, (d) add locations and instructions on the use of AEDs to the college campus map, and (e) create a link to campus resources in the campus LiveSafe App.