Interprofessional Education - Accreditation

Element 6.8: Interprofessional Education for Collaborative Practice: (CORE)
A COM must ensure that the core curriculum prepares osteopathic medical students to function collaboratively on health care teams by providing opportunities, in each year of the curriculum, to learn in academic and/or clinical environments that permit interaction with students enrolled in
other health professions degree programs or other health professionals.

7.9 Interprofessional Collaborative Skills
The faculty of a medical school ensure that the core curriculum of the medical education program prepares medical students to function collaboratively on health care teams that include health professionals from other disciplines as they provide coordinated services to patients. These curricular experiences include practitioners and/or students from the other health professions.

Standard 11: Interprofessional Education (IPE)
The curriculum prepares all students to provide entry-level, patient-centered care in a variety of practice settings as a contributing member of an interprofessional team. In the aggregate, team exposure includes prescribers as well as other healthcare professionals.

B1.08
The curriculum must include instruction to prepare students to work collaboratively in interprofessional patient centered teams.

6F
The didactic and clinical curriculum includes interprofessional education; learning activities are directed toward the development of interprofessional competencies including, but not limited to, values/ethics, communication, professional roles and responsibilities, and teamwork.

II.B.b.ix
Students must demonstrate competence in consultation and interprofessional/interdisciplinary skills

2.10 Legal, Ethical, and Professional Practice
Engage in effective, collaborative professional relationships and interdisciplinary partnerships