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:
- Collaborative person-centered care
- Optimal individual health outcomes for all persons
- Improvements in community-level (population) health
- Effective and efficient delivery of health and social care services
- Advocacy for policy and system improvement for health
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 (IPE 2100 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 (IPE 4200 Applied Decision-Making in Interprofessional Practice (3 cr)) and improving community and population health outcomes (IPE 4900 Interprofessional Community Practicum (3 cr)). In addition to these courses, three IPE-attributed courses (Ethics, Research and Clinical Immersion) are required. These courses provide students with added context and experience around decision-making, knowledge translation and collaborative practice.
Course List Code | Title | Credits |
IPE 2100 | Interprofessional Collaboration and Healthcare in Global Context | 3 |
IPE 4200 | Applied Decision-Making in Interprofessional Practice | 3 |
IPE 4900 | Interprofessional Community Practicum | 3 |
HCE 2010 | Foundations in Clinical Health Care Ethics | |
PHIL 2050 | Ethics | |
PHIL 3360 | Medical Ethics | |
THEO 3510 | Faith and Politics | |
ORES 2320 | Interprofessional Health Outcomes Research | |
NURS 2700 | Evidence Based Nursing | |
OCS 3820 | Practical Applications in Occupational Science | |
EXSC 4241 | Clinical Research and Design | |
EXSC 5241 | Clinical Research and Design | |
IPE 4905 | Interprofessional Clinical Practicum | |
NURS 4200 | Nursing Immersion Practicum | |
NURS 4355 | Complex Care Practicum | |
MAT 5750 | AT Clinical Practicum II | |
DPT 5290 | Formation of Identity as a Physical Therapist | |
Total Credits | 16-18 |
Continuation Standards
Students must maintain a GPA of 2.00 in interprofessional coursework.
For more information about our interprofessional education program, including the concentration in interprofessional practice and the microcredential in interprofessional collaboration, please email ipe@slu.edu.