Interprofessional Practice, Minor
The purpose of Saint Louis University's interprofessional education minor program is to prepare you with the knowledge, attitudes and skills of interprofessional practice, which lead to:
- Interprofessional collaborative patient/client-centered care
- Optimal individual patient health outcomes
- Improvements in community-level (population) health
- Effective and efficient delivery of health care services
- Advocacy for the improvement of health and health services
Curriculum Overview
This 16-credit minor is an elective option for undergraduate students interested in a career in health-related professions.
The IPE curriculum is designed to move students from understanding the need for and developing foundational skills in interprofessional practice to a broad understanding of the challenges in the health care system to provide equable access to high-quality health care, and coordinated, patient-centered care (±õ±Ê·¡Ìý2100 Interprofessional Collaboration and Healthcare in Global Context (3 cr)).
This foundation is then applied in the context of effective team-based care for individual patients (±õ±Ê·¡Ìý4200 Applied Decision-Making in Interprofessional Practice (3 cr)), improving community and population health outcomes (±õ±Ê·¡Ìý4900 Interprofessional Community Practicum (3 cr)) in the clinical setting (±õ±Ê·¡Ìý4905 Interprofessional Clinical Practicum (2 cr)), and to document the clinical outcomes of interprofessional collaborative practice and the impact on patient care and outcomes (°¿¸é·¡³§Ìý2320 Interprofessional Health Outcomes Research (2 cr)).
Code | Title | Credits |
---|---|---|
±á°ä·¡Ìý2010 | Foundations in Clinical Health Care Ethics | 3 |
±õ±Ê·¡Ìý2100 | Interprofessional Collaboration and Healthcare in Global Context | 3 |
±õ±Ê·¡Ìý4200 | Applied Decision-Making in Interprofessional Practice | 3 |
±õ±Ê·¡Ìý4900 | Interprofessional Community Practicum | 3 |
±õ±Ê·¡Ìý4905 | Interprofessional Clinical Practicum | 2 |
´Ç°ùÌý±·±«¸é³§Ìý4200 | Nursing Immersion Practicum | |
°¿¸é·¡³§Ìý2320 | Interprofessional Health Outcomes Research | 2 |
´Ç°ùÌý±·±«¸é³§Ìý2700 | Evidence Based Nursing | |
Total Credits | 16 |
Continuation Standards
Students must maintain a GPA of 2.00 in interprofessional coursework.
For more information about our Interprofessional Education program, including the concentration and minor in Interprofessional Practice, please email ipe@slu.edu.