Program Requirements

• As described in the University Calendar, by the end of their program of study, students in all undergraduate programs and all entry-to-practice graduate programs in the Faculty of Health Professions are required to have completed a total number of different, meaningful and relevant interprofessional collaborative learning experiences (as determined and approved by each student's School/College) equal to two times the number of years or part years of study in the program.
• At least one of these experiences will be in a practice setting.
• The experiences are to include interactions with undergraduate and/or graduate students from a total of at least four different professions with which there are natural affinities or linkages in the professional environment, and these professions will be primarily from outside the student's home School/College in the case of Schools with multiple professions.
• It is the student's school that determines what counts as an acceptable experience.
• The interprofessional experience requirement is implemented through a Calendar requirement that each student is to maintain registration in a 0-credit hour Faculty-based course, IPHE 4900 or IPHE 5900 for undergraduate and graduate students respectively.  This course functions essentially as a shell course in which IPHE experiences are credited.  At the end of their program, students submit a journal or portfolio in which they record IPHE experiences as described by their School.
• Successful completion of IPHE 4900 or IPHE 5900 with a grade of PASS is a requirement for graduation in all programs, and will be recognized further with the awarding of a special Certificate in Interprofessional Health Education to be presented by the Faculty of Health Professions.

For details, contact:

    Cynthia Andrews
    Coordinator, Interprofessional Education
    (902) 494-1244
    cynthia.andrews@dal.ca