Among the many side effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, the exponential rise of mental health distress remains a considerable threat to public health, to wellness among our healthcare professionals, and yet another source of suffering for the patients and families they care for. Pre-pandemic efforts to integrate behavioral health into primary and specialty medical care comprise a critical foundation for responding to this distress as a vital aspect of whole-person/whole-family health; the…

Interprofessional education and collaborative practice (IPECP) have evolved over the past two decades. Interprofessional education (IPE) curricula for health professional students have expanded beyond the single, attendance-optional learning events typical of IPE in the early 2000s (and earlier). Today, we are more likely seeing institutions with large-scale, multi-semester, attendance-required interprofessional teaching sessions and courses. However, educational programs already have full…

Overview: This seminar uses active learning tools to explore the profound curricular design challenges involved in pivoting existing interprofessional education (IPE) curriculum to address health equity, racism and bias. This seminar leverages the experience of the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) in pivoting its large-scale, early learner course, “Foundations of Interprofessional Collaborative Practice” (FICP), from a focus on the clinical team toward a focus on the social determinants…