Learn foundational teamwork skills alongside future colleagues from across the health professions.
The three-part IPE Core Curriculum is aimed at developing a foundational understanding of other health professionals’ roles and responsibilities, and the skills needed to effectively collaborate with a diverse healthcare team. The curriculum is designed to give students an intentional and step-wise introduction to IPE and collaborative practice, while helping them to meet their programs’ accreditation requirements for IPE.
IPE Core Curriculum is open to UW Seattle students who are notified by their programs that they must complete this requirement. For other health sciences students interested in IPE, check out the extracurricular IPE offerings.
During 2026-27 all IPE Core Curriculum sessions will take place in-person in the Health Sciences Education Building. Students required to complete the Core Curriculum are asked to register themselves for Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3. Health sciences students, please look out for information from your programs about the specifics of your school’s IPE requirements.
Questions? Contact Ashley McPeek: mcpeekas@uw.edu
Students will be introduced the benefits of working together, learn foundational concepts and skills for effective teamwork and begin practicing these skills through hands-on learning.
“It was really great to be able to talk and meet people from other professions. Hearing more about the experiences of my table colleagues and their journey into healthcare was a great reminder of why I chose a career in healthcare in the first place.”
Practice working together through interactive case-based discussions, learning and practicing important clinical skills that are shared by multiple professions, and working together in the community. Choose from the following categories of sessions offered.
Interprofessional Active Learning (IPALs) provide collaborative, interactive learning experiences for students solve problems, share perspectives, and develop teamwork skills. Through active participation and real-world application, IPALs help learners build the communication, collaboration, and critical thinking skills needed for effective interprofessional practice.
Clinical Skills Workshops provide hands-on opportunities for students from different professions to develop shared clinical skills, strengthen collaboration, and enhance patient-centered care.
Reflect and make meaning of your IPE experiences. Students will be provided tools and other resources to continue this aspect of their professional identity development.
“It’s a great start to closing the disconnection in healthcare team/system that usually cause misunderstanding of one another’s professions and encourage us to learn more about members of our care team.”
Core Curriculum Registration Instructions
2026-27 IPE Core Curriculum registration will open on Sept 30th! Please use the instructions below to register for the IPE Core Curriculum with the UW web-based app.
- Sign-up or log-in using your UW email at the link sent to your email (non-UW email accounts will not be permitted to register).
- Sign up for your sessions based on availability and interest. There are only a certain number of spots available per profession.
- If you need to cancel a session: please log back in to remove yourself and then add yourself to something different!
Any issues, please contact Ashley at mcpeekas@uw.edu