IPE Core Courses
The formal IPE curriculum consists of five 0.5 credit hybrid core courses. Students complete pre-work online and then attend a face-to-face class to work through patient cases.
Fall Semester
IPE Foundations of Interprofessional Education: This course introduces the foundations of interprofessional collaborative practice. Students will engage in self-directed learning with other disciplines through the exploration of values and ethics for interprofessional practice, roles and responsibilities of health care providers, interprofessional communication strategies, and the development of high functioning teams in health care. This course is designed to provide a framework for deliberately working together with other health professionals to maintain a climate of mutual respect and shared values in today’s complex health care environment, with the common goal of improving patient outcomes.
IPE Disaster Preparedness: This course teaches students to appropriately assess and address the healthcare needs of patients and populations served in a disaster setting (to include triage and emergency first), to integrate within an Incident Command and to manage Surge Capacity (Roles/Responsibilities). Participants include College of Nursing students (undergraduate and graduate), School of Medicine students, College of Health students (from the athletic training and nutrition departments) and College of Pharmacy students .
IPE Ambulatory Care Diabetes: This course teaches students to support a primary care patient with chronic illness by working with an interprofessional team. The course teaches students how to engage patients in their treatment plan. Participants include College of Health students (from the audiology, nutrition, occupational therapy, and physical therapy departments), College of Nursing students (undergraduate and graduate nursing), College of Pharmacy students, School of Dentistry students and College of Social Work students.
IPE Telehealth: This course focuses on using telehealth technologies to deliver care to patients with complex diseases who live in rural areas. Participants include College of Nursing students (undergraduate and graduate), College of Pharmacy students and School of Medicine students.
Spring Semester
IPE Foundations of Interprofessional Education: This course introduces the foundations of interprofessional collaborative practice. Students will engage in self-directed learning with other disciplines through the exploration of values and ethics for interprofessional practice, roles and responsibilities of health care providers, interprofessional communication strategies, and the development of high functioning teams in health care. This course is designed to provide a framework for deliberately working together with other health professionals to maintain a climate of mutual respect and shared values in today’s complex health care environment, with the common goal of improving patient outcomes.
IPE Inpatient Care/Transitions of Care: This course focuses on comprehensive rehabilitation and care transitions. Participants include College of Health students (from the occupational therapy, physical therapy, and speech-language pathology departments), College of Nursing students (undergraduate and graduate nursing), College of Pharmacy students, Physician Assistant students and School of Medicine students.
IPE Inpatient Care/Medical Error Disclosure: This course teaches teams how to responsibly communicate with families after an adverse event (medical error). Participants include College of Nursing students (graduate), College of Pharmacy students, Physician Assistant students and School of Medicine students.
IPE Telehealth: See description above.
Summer Semester
IPE Foundations of Interprofessional Education: This course introduces the foundations of interprofessional collaborative practice. Students will engage in self-directed learning with other disciplines through the exploration of values and ethics for interprofessional practice, roles and responsibilities of health care providers, interprofessional communication strategies, and the development of high functioning teams in health care. This course is designed to provide a framework for deliberately working together with other health professionals to maintain a climate of mutual respect and shared values in today’s complex health care environment, with the common goal of improving patient outcomes.
Other IPE courses with partner schools and colleges
Fall Semester
Culinary Medicine - NUIP 7540, FPMD 7540 (1cr): This introductory course will teach students the basics of evidence-based nutrition as it relates to the real-world problem of food. We will go beyond macro and micronutrients to understand how nutrition translates into meals and reasonable patient advise such as what, when, where, and why to eat certain foods. Classes will take place in a cooking kitchen once a week for eight weeks where students will prepare and enjoy meals while discussing the science of nutrition and how to apply that to patient discussions.
IPE Clinical Empathy Sim - NURS 5280 (1cr): This course will engage interprofessional students in simulation and experiential learning activities that will guide them in 1) understanding the effects of racial bias in healthcare; 2) recognizing and repairing the consequences of bias and; 3) practicing communication skills to address racial bias in healthcare relationships. Through this workshop-based course, students will learn how to identify instances of interpersonal cultural ruptures (e.g., microaggressions) stemming from implicit bias and learn ways to repair these cultural ruptures through simulation activities and the use of the calling-in tool. The communication strategies students learn and practice during the course will equip them to build strong interprofessional teams and supportive environments for patients.
Spring Semester
Global Health - NURS 5510/6510, MD 6510, PED 5510, PED 6510 (1cr): Preparation for Engaging in Global Health provides health science students a means to address the fundamental issues and challenges in short-term global health endeavors. The course will prepare students to engage effectively in learning activities in low-resource settings as the interface between the sending institution and the host country. Students involved in clinical care, research, or community development frequently encounter ethical, logistical, security, or health issues, and this course provides students with essential tools to address these challenges.
The course provides students with exposure to concepts and attitudes necessary for a successful global health experience based on research, teaching, or service. An ethics-based, inter-professional approach minimizes undue burdens on students and the sending and host institutions, prevent adverse effects on patients and communities, improves the quality and sustainability of the experience for other students, and benefits all stakeholders. This course will introduce students to a structured approach and the necessary resources for planning and participating in an ethically guided experience in an international setting.
Transitions of Care: Surgical Care Navigator Program - SURG 7802 (0.5cr): The Surgical Care Navigator course is an inter-professional experience intended to provide students with an introduction to care transitions in clinical practice. Students will follow a single surgical patient throughout the entire cycle of care, including pre-operative assessment, peri-operative inpatient care, and post-discharge follow-up. Students will participate in this experience with an inter-professional team including 1-3 other health professions students (physician assistant, nurse practitioner, pharmacy). Asynchronous learning through an online discussion platform will provide additional inter-professional reflection and learning opportunities.
Health Law Clinic for Non-Lawyers UUHSC 6810, UUHSC 6811 (2cr): This course is intended as an introductory seminar to health law. Nurses, pharmacists, medical students, and all health-related graduate students are encouraged to enroll. It will introduce health care professionals to essential aspects of the legal structure of the US health care system. We will cover diverse legal topics such as informed consent, medical malpractice, the Affordable Care Act, Medicare, duty to treat, FDA regulations, and reproductive constitutional rights.
Culinary Medicine: See description above.
IPE Long Term Care - NURS5285/NURS6285; PHARM 6840 (0.5cr): This interprofessional education course is focused on enhancing the student's understanding of the interprofessional care of older adults in long-term care settings. Knowledge of the roles, responsibilities, and collaboration between staff and older adults will be emphasized. Four-hour learning experiences will occur at a local long-term care facility.
Rural and Frontier Health - MD ID 6670, NURS 7512, Pharm 6830, SW 6900 (1cr): This course focuses on issues related to the delivery of primary health care services in rural, frontier, and underserved areas. The student will have the opportunity to investigate literature related to disparities, access challenges, and the impact of federal regulations related to reimbursement in providing health care in rural, frontier, and underserved populations. Investigation of possible solutions to issues unique to these populations will also be explored while working with individuals of other professions in a climate of mutual respect and shared values. Course meets synchronously via ZOOM four times during the first half of the Spring semester, typically every other week from 5:00 - 7:00 pm on a weekday.