Formal Training (15h)

Online Modules

• 15 online modules to choose from

• Each module has educational content

• Core vs. optional modules

• Modules have different completion times, and the credit is given accordingly

• Each module is relevant to Kingston’s community and has a case-based learning component

• Online quiz based on the modules to track completion

Speaker Series Talks

• Core vs. optional lectures/talks

• Informative lectures/talks will be given by either interprofessional healthcare professionals or members of the community

  • Interprofessional Education Lecture Series hosted by the Faculty of Health Sciences Interprofessional Education Committee (IPEC)

  • KHealth Lecture Series

Small group seminars/workshops

• Core vs. optional seminars/workshops

• Seminars/workshops will be led by either interprofessional healthcare professionals or members of the community

Experiential Learning (8h)

Interprofessional Case-Based Learning

• Teams of interprofessional students will get together on biweekly basis and discuss how they would approach diverse and challenging clinical scenarios based on modules from Part 1: Formal Training. Volunteer standardized patients (interprofessional student volunteers) and/or faculty advisors will help present and facilitate each case.

• This experiential learning will help students learn to work in an interprofessional setting when approaching complex clinical scenarios and will help students get ready for the Group Case Competition in Part 3.

Student-Organized Clinical Observerships

• Clinical observerships will be organized by KHealth every other week at a community health clinic

• Interprofessional students (RN, OT, PT, MD) will do observerships with their respective licensed healthcare professionals in a collaborative setting

Substantive Culminating Activity (5h)

Group case competition

• Interprofessional group activity

• Interprofessional teams will develop an approach to a complicated patient case and present it in front of all of the ICHP participants. Judges will select the winning presentation.

Educational infographics

• Interprofessional group activity

• Interprofessional teams will develop educational infographics. Select educational materials may be shared on KHealth social media channels and networks

• Infographic guidelines

Written reflection

• Written reflection on overall experience in the program and how it will shape their future practice as a healthcare professional. 

• Optional: Reflections on the experience may be submitted for potential publication in Queens Medical Review

• Reflection guidelines