PHRD-632: Health System Science - Interprofessional Education

This course is designed to develop future interprofessional leaders by teaching and providing opportunities to practice collaborative strategies for health care professional students (nursing, medical, and pharmacy). Virtual seminars are designed to build upon the foundational learning from the school-wide IPE sessions on the IPEC competencies: values and ethics, roles and responsibilities, communication, and teams and teamwork. This program will also apply strengths-based leadership development strategies for our students to facilitate the following: 1) introduce the strength-based paradigm strategy for professional development 2) celebrate the diversity of strengths amongst health professions students 3) foster a sense of community that encourages professional identity and camaraderie with other health professions students. A Strengths-Based Health Professions Workshop will be tailored to students to explore this method in their journey as a leader and a healthcare team member. This interactive program will include customized exercises, materials, and group activities developed from the Strengths Certified Coaching Teams' armamentarium. A variety of learning modalities will be used for this course including role play, case studies, a mix of in person a virtual health mentor visits, health promotion projects, and didactic seminars by experts in the field. Nursing, medical, and pharmacy students will routinely be asked to reflect on these experiences as they consider application to their future practice with both patients and colleagues. Prerequisite: P-3 standing or permission of instructor. [ 2 credits ]