A Competency Based Curriculum
Preparing the future workforce is a strategic priority for the Indiana University Interprofessional Practice and Education Center (IU IPE), and our mission statement is to improve the lives of people and populations. Those two ideals led to the creation of the Interprofessional Core Curriculum (IP Core). IP Core is a hybrid, longitudinal, competency-based curriculum designed to create a collaborative culture amongst our students that ensures they are prepared to meet the multifaceted challenges of the modern work environment.
Utilizing years of data collected from our students and faculty, John Biggs's constructivist pedagogical principles, the WHO Global Competency Framework for Universal Health Coverage, the theory of planned behavior, and other evidence-backed theories, IU IPE began creating IP Core by working with the end in mind; collaborative competencies.