IHCM 315 - Interprofessional Education and Collaboration

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 goals of providing person-centered care and improving patient outcomes. Students will apply the concepts of interprofessional collaboration and teamwork to real-world situations using case studies and tools in a simulated environment. Students work in interprofessional groups with facilitators guiding the discussions/collaborations to create care plans that cross disciplines.
Prerequisite Admission to IHCM - BAS program.
Course-level Learning Objectives (CLOs)
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

1. Discuss the concepts and principles of interprofessional health care and collaboration.
2. Explain the Interprofessional Education Collaborative (IPEC) core competencies framework that guides interprofessional practice and initiatives.
3. Develop awareness of the diversity of expertise that underpins effective interprofessional collaborative teams.
4. Diagram the relationships among professional roles in the healthcare industry by classifying the core functions of various professional roles within their cohort.
5. Appraise the importance of interprofessional collaboration by correlating the effect of those collaborations to their impact on desired health outcomes and healthcare performance for patients, communities, and healthcare organizations when given case studies.