Interprofessional education is training for collaboration. Working with professions outside your area of study is an aspect of everyday life. For a nurse, interprofessional education could mean training to work with social workers and educators. For a doctor, it could mean training to work with a physician assistant and dentists.
A patient often has complex needs that someone from one specific profession cannot meet. Taking individuals from different professions and training them to collaborate with the patient has been shown to improve patients' lives and increase job satisfaction amongst healthcare providers.
IU IPEs’ goal is to ensure every IU student who experiences the Interprofessional Core Curriculum is prepared for collaborative work with others from health and social care professions to improve the lives of people and populations.