Menu of IPE Activities
Consider choosing activities under the Exposure, Immersion and possibly Application levels to achieve a minimum of 8 IPE credits by the end of your program.
Exposure: A one-time glance into interprofessional education or the roles of other professionals.IPE Activity / Activity Credit Weighting / Interested in Pursing? √ / Name of activity / Date Completed
Shadowing experience
Eg. Spend half a day shadowing a clinician in a different health profession. (See Job Shadowing tool under “Resources - Teaching Materials” in www.ipe.uwo.ca ) / 2
Elborn College IPE series / 2/ workshop
Patient-Centred Collaborative Practice on-line workshops series introducing central IPE concepts
1. What is IPE/IPCP?
2. Health Professional Roles
3. Respect
4. Leadership
5. Understanding Each Other
6. Conflict
7. Case Coordination
8. Assessing Effectiveness
9. Putting it all Together / 2 / workshop
IPE Activity / Activity Credit Weighting / Interested in Pursing? √ / Name of activity / Date Completed
London Interprofessional Healthcare Students’ Association event
Eg. Networking events to educate about the importance of collaborative teamwork / Based on event
Interview someone from a different profession
Eg. During a placement, discuss the knowledge and skills of a clinician from another profession. / 1
Interprofessional Student Assignment
(See “Resources - Teaching Materials” in www.ipe.uwo.ca ) / 2
Online Case Studies
(See Case Studies in www.ipe.uwo.ca ) / 1 (if alone)
2 (if in IP team)
Attend an Interprofessional education conference
Eg. NaHSSA annual student conference / Based on conference specifics
Program- specific IPE activities: / Use criteria
or submit to IPHER office for determination of weighting
Immersion: An extended IPE experience that requires active performance and contribution.
IPE Activity / Activity Credit Weighting / Interested in Pursing? √ / Name of activity / Date Completed
E-based Team Development learning modules / 5
E-based courses
- Interprofessionalism in Health Care: An Introduction (12 weeks)
- Communications I (6 weeks)
- Communications II (6 weeks)
- Community Practice: Health Promotion (12 weeks)
- Interprofessional Stroke Care: An Evidence-Based Approach (6 weeks)
- Ethics (7 weeks)
- Interprofessional Collaboration: Culturally-Informed Aboriginal Health Care (12 weeks)
- Palliative Care/Total Pain (3 weeks)
- Interprofessional Healthcare in Rural Areas: The Patient and the Community (6 weeks) / 8
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Clinical placement activities
Eg. IPE sessions for students of different disciplines at Regional Mental Health Care / Based on specifics of activity
IPE simulation experience (Fanshawe College)
Participate in a case study with other health professional students using High Fidelity Simulation mannequins. / 3
Circle of Care IPE Board Game – must be played by an interprofessional group for minimum 90 minutes / 2
LIHSA IPE Health Teams Initiative
Develop a student team to compete in interprofessional case study competitions with other universities. / 7
IPE Activity / Activity Credit Weighting / Interested in Pursing? √ / Name of activity / Date Completed
IP Connections: Working Through Client Cases Together – an on-line team-based learning activity
Phase:
1. Team Development Modules
2. Orientation to Team Working Skills
3. Working Through a Case / 5
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Program-specific IPE activities: / Use criteria
or submit to IPHER office for determination of weighting
Application : Understand and use concepts in a collaborative team.
IPE Activity / Activity Credit Weighting / Interested in Pursing? √ / Name of activity / Date Completed
IPE Practice Placement
Enrich your normal placement experience by choosing an IPE placement. / 8
Presentation at an IPE Conference
Eg. NaHSSA Annual Conference &
IPE Ontario Conference / 6
- 1 / Interprofessional Education and Research – IPE Activity menu
Program Specific IPE Activities: / Use criteria
or submit to IPHER office for determination of weighting
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- 1 / Interprofessional Education and Research – IPE Activity menu