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Interprofessional Health Education (IPE)

Healthcare can be complex and involve many different professionals from varying backgrounds. Interprofessional collaborative practice is necessary to provide person-centered care that addresses a person鈥檚/family鈥檚 needs without duplicating some services and letting others slip through the cracks. According to the Canadian Interprofessional Health Collaborative (CIHC), "healthcare providers who are good, interprofessional collaborative practitioners understand the importance of working together with colleagues and the patient/family.鈥 Interprofessional practice improves safety, and outcomes for patients/clients/families and improves satisfaction and decreases stress for health professionals.

Interprofessional health education (IPHE) aims to prepare professionals for interprofessional collaborative practice. According to the World Health Organization, IPHE is when 鈥渟tudents from two or more professions learn about, from, and with each other to enable effective collaboration and improve health outcomes.鈥 During their studies, audiology and speech-language pathology students will participate in interprofessional collaborative learning experiences. Some IPHE experiences are required, either within the Faculty of Health or embedded in SCSD courses, while other experiences are optional. Below you will find a list of the requirements for IPHE 5900 and tabs that list possible IPHE activities.

To meet the requirements for IPHE 5900, students must participate in a minimum of four meaningful and relevant experiences that are approved by the SCSD. READ MORE >>

 

1. Across the four experiences, students must collaborate with other students (undergraduate and/or graduate) or professionals from at least four different health professions that have natural affinities or linkages in a practice setting. That is, you cannot meet the requirements simply by participating in classes and events with SLP and audiology, nor by attending events that you are curious about but do not have any natural role for your profession.

2. At least one of these IPHE experiences will take place in a practice setting. Practicum placements often provide students with the opportunity to work on interprofessional teams. These teams may include a variety of professionals, e.g.: teachers, resource staff, psychologists, early education specialists, nurses, social workers, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, pharmacists, respiratory therapists, recreation therapists, dental hygienists, dentists, pediatricians, neurologists, otolaryngologists, and radiologists.

  1. Please tell your clinical educator that you would like to participate in an IPHE experience during your practicum/fieldwork experience. Explain that this must include interaction and learning 鈥渇rom, with, and about,鈥 not just observation.
  2. You may seek out students from other professions and other institutions and explore opportunities to collaborate.

3. To count as an IPHE experience, the experience must involve interaction and learning 鈥渨ith, from, and about鈥 other professionals and their practice and how your profession collaborates with others. Thus, this cannot simply be: an observation of another professional (e.g., observing a surgery), working alongside other professionals but without collaborating, or taking a course with other professionals if it does not involve meaningful engagement among professionals.

4. Please note that some experiences are completed in 1 event, some have preparatory work that must be done before an event, and some include 2 or 3 events. Regardless of whether the experience takes place over 1, 2, or 3 events and whether or not there is preparatory work, the experience will count as 1 IPHE. For example, you cannot participate in 1 experience that meets one time and a second experience that meets 3 times to meet the requirement of 4 experiences; this example would add up to 2 experiences.

Students must complete the IPHE tracking form (see tab below) on an annual basis. The tracking form maps interprofessional collaborative learning experiences onto school requirements and will be graded by the School on a Pass/Fail basis. Completed tracking forms are submitted to the SCSD Administrative Secretary at the end of each academic year.

Resources

IPHE 5900: Interprofessional Health Education
Menu* of Interprofessional Activities SCSD 2025-2026

鈥3-2-1 offerings鈥

  • Optional experiences on a wide variety of topics that vary from year to year and semester to semester.
  • May be comprised of 1, 2, or 3 meetings/events.
  • Students must apply for an option and wait to be approved by the IPHE coordinator to ensure that students from a variety of professions are enrolled and that there is a natural role for each profession.
  • Please check the website for listings and to apply for options.

YEAR 1:

  • Preschool Screenings 鈥 Speech-Language Pathology, Audiology, Dental Hygiene, and Occupational Therapy students conduct preschool screenings and collaborate [EH1] during team rounds (1.0 unit) [SLP/AUD]

YEAR 2 & 3:

  • Practicum Placements 鈥 Students may be involved in interprofessional teams during practicum placements (variable) [SLP/AUD]

听[PDF - 86kb]
(email to Administrative Secretary adscsd@dal.ca)

YEAR 1:

  • All students in the Faculties of Health, Medicine, and Dentistry will participate in the First Year Foundational Event where you will be introduced to IPHE and the CIHC collaborative competencies.
  • CMSD 5050: Fundamentals of Speech Science - Spirometry lab with Respiratory Therapy students (1.0 unit)[SLP/AUD]

YEAR 2:

  • CMSD 6070: Topics in Audiology Procedures - Team collaboration, including audiologists, in assessment and management of vestibular dysfunction, tinnitus, or ototoxicity (1.0 unit) [AUD]
  • CMSD 6630: Cochlear Implants and Other Implantable Technologies - Team collaboration, including audiologists and otolaryngologists, in the assessment and management of clients with hearing implants (1.0 unit) [AUD][EH1]
  • CMSD 5071X/Y: Clinical Methods - Audiology students work with clients and interact with other healthcare professionals [EH2] [EH3] (1.0 unit) [AUD]
  • CMSD 6460: Treatment of Neurogenic Language and Cognitive Disorders 鈥 Stroke IPHE including a simulated team meeting for care planning and a simulated patient encounter (includes medicine, pharmacy, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, and sometimes nursing students) (1.0 unit) [SLP]
  • CMSD 6390: Voice/Resonance Disorders - Half-day Cleft Palate clinic patient assessment in-person observation (1.0 unit) [SLP][AUD]
  • CMSD 6612: Dysphagia 鈥 Feeding assessment observations that include SLP + a minimum of one additional team member (1.0 unit) [SLP][EH4]

*Please note that optional activities depend on availability and you must apply to participate. Additional activities may be included with approval from the IPHE Coordinator (Zahra Jafari).

Optional Experiences

鈥3-2-1 offerings鈥

  • Optional experiences on a wide variety of topics that vary from year to year and semester to semester.
  • May be comprised of 1, 2, or 3 meetings/events.
  • Students must apply for an option and wait to be approved by the IPHE coordinator to ensure that students from a variety of professions are enrolled and that there is a natural role for each profession.
  • Please check the website for listings and to apply for options.

Practice Experiences

YEAR 1:

  • Preschool Screenings 鈥 Speech-Language Pathology, Audiology, Dental Hygiene, and Occupational Therapy students conduct preschool screenings and collaborate [EH1] during team rounds (1.0 unit) [SLP/AUD]

YEAR 2 & 3:

  • Practicum Placements 鈥 Students may be involved in interprofessional teams during practicum placements (variable) [SLP/AUD]

IPHE Tracking Form

听[PDF - 86kb]
(email to Administrative Secretary adscsd@dal.ca)

Required Experiences

YEAR 1:

  • All students in the Faculties of Health, Medicine, and Dentistry will participate in the First Year Foundational Event where you will be introduced to IPHE and the CIHC collaborative competencies.
  • CMSD 5050: Fundamentals of Speech Science - Spirometry lab with Respiratory Therapy students (1.0 unit)[SLP/AUD]

YEAR 2:

  • CMSD 6070: Topics in Audiology Procedures - Team collaboration, including audiologists, in assessment and management of vestibular dysfunction, tinnitus, or ototoxicity (1.0 unit) [AUD]
  • CMSD 6630: Cochlear Implants and Other Implantable Technologies - Team collaboration, including audiologists and otolaryngologists, in the assessment and management of clients with hearing implants (1.0 unit) [AUD][EH1]
  • CMSD 5071X/Y: Clinical Methods - Audiology students work with clients and interact with other healthcare professionals [EH2] [EH3] (1.0 unit) [AUD]
  • CMSD 6460: Treatment of Neurogenic Language and Cognitive Disorders 鈥 Stroke IPHE including a simulated team meeting for care planning and a simulated patient encounter (includes medicine, pharmacy, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, and sometimes nursing students) (1.0 unit) [SLP]
  • CMSD 6390: Voice/Resonance Disorders - Half-day Cleft Palate clinic patient assessment in-person observation (1.0 unit) [SLP][AUD]
  • CMSD 6612: Dysphagia 鈥 Feeding assessment observations that include SLP + a minimum of one additional team member (1.0 unit) [SLP][EH4]

*Please note that optional activities depend on availability and you must apply to participate. Additional activities may be included with approval from the IPHE Coordinator (Zahra Jafari).