Foundational Requirements for Interprofessional Collaborative Practice
Every healthcare professional student at Thomas Jefferson University should meet the foundational requirements for interprofessional collaborative practice to ensure they are proficient in competencies necessary to be interprofessional collaborative practitioners.
What are foundational requirements?
Students meet the foundational requirements of collaborative practice by completing one exposure experience and immersion programming based upon their length of study.
Length of Program | Exposure Program Requirements | Immersion Program Requirements |
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Equal to, or more than, 3 years | One | Two |
Less than 3 years | One | One |
How are programs meeting foundational requirements?
Find your program in the chart below to learn whether it meets the foundational requirements for interprofessional collaborative practice, making you eligible to begin the Certificate of Excellence in Interprofessional Collaborative Pracitce.
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Is your program not currently meeting foundational requirements? Please contact us to discuss options.
Athletic Training
Length of Program | Meets Exposure Requirements? | Meets Immersion Requirements? |
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2 years | Yes: virtual modules | Yes: Health Mentors Program, Introductory Team SAFE |
Couple & Family Therapy
Length of Program | Meets Exposure Requirements? | Meets Immersion Requirements? |
---|---|---|
2 years | Yes: virtual modules | Yes: Health Mentors Program, Team Care Planning |
Community & Trauma Counseling
Length of Program | Meets Exposure Requirements? | Meets Immersion Requirements? |
---|---|---|
2 years | No | No |
Medical Imaging & Radiation Sciences
Length of Program | Meets Exposure Requirements? | Meets Immersion Requirements? |
---|---|---|
1 year | Yes: virtual modules | Yes: Introductory Team SAFE |
Medical Laboratory Sciences
Length of Program | Meets Exposure Requirements? | Meets Immersion Requirements? |
---|---|---|
1-2 year(s) | Yes: virtual modules | Yes: Health Mentors Program |
Medicine
Length of Program | Meets Exposure Requirements? | Meets Immersion Requirements? |
---|---|---|
4 years | Yes: virtual modules | Yes: Health Mentors Program, Introductory Team SAFE, Advanced Team SAFE |
Undergraduate Nursing, Center City Campus, FACT-1
Length of Program | Meets Exposure Requirements? | Meets Immersion Requirements? |
---|---|---|
1 year | Yes: virtual modules | Yes: Introductory Team SAFE, Advanced Team SAFE |
Undergraduate Nursing, Center City Campus, FACT-2 & Traditional
Length of Program | Meets Exposure Requirements? | Meets Immersion Requirements? |
---|---|---|
2 years | Yes: virtual modules | Yes: Health Mentors Program, Introductory Team SAFE |
Undergraduate Nursing, Dixon Campus, FACT-1
Length of Program | Meets Exposure Requirements? | Meets Immersion Requirements? |
---|---|---|
1 year | Yes: virtual modules | Yes: Introductory Team SAFE, Advanced Team SAFE |
Undergraduate Nursing, Dixon Campus, FACT-2 & Traditional
Length of Program | Meets Exposure Requirements? | Meets Immersion Requirements? |
---|---|---|
2 years | Yes: virtual modules | Yes: Health Mentors Program, Introductory Team SAFE |
Nutrition & Dietetic Practice
Length of Program | Meets Exposure Requirements? | Meets Immersion Requirements? |
---|---|---|
1.5 years | Yes: virtual modules | Yes: Health Mentors Program, Introductory Team SAFE, and Team Care Planning |
Occupational Therapy, Center City Campus, OTD
Length of Program | Meets Exposure Requirements? | Meets Immersion Requirements? |
---|---|---|
3 years | Yes: virtual modules | Yes: Health Mentors, Introductory Team SAFE, and either End of Life Symposium, Team Care Planning, or Team MICRO |
Occupational Therapy, East Falls Campus, MSOT
Length of Program | Meets Exposure Requirements? | Meets Immersion Requirements? |
---|---|---|
2 years | Yes: virtual modules | No: Introductory Team SAFE |
Physician Assistant, Center City Campus
Length of Program | Meets Exposure Requirements? | Meets Immersion Requirements? |
---|---|---|
2 years | Yes: virtual modules | Yes: Health Mentors Program, Introductory Team SAFE |
Physician Assistant, East Falls and Voorhees Campus
Length of Program | Meets Exposure Requirements? | Meets Immersion Requirements? |
---|---|---|
2 years | Yes: virtual modules | Yes: Introductory Team SAFE and either Substance Use Disorder Symposium or End of Life Symposium |
Pharmacy
Length of Program | Meets Exposure Requirements? | Meets Immersion Requirements? |
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4 years | Yes: virtual modules | Yes: Health Mentors Program, Introductory Team SAFE, and choice of one other immersion program |
Physical Therapy
Length of Program | Meets Exposure Requirements? | Meets Immersion Requirements? |
---|---|---|
3 years | Yes: virtual modules | Yes: Health Mentors Program, Introductory Team SAFE, Team Care Planning |
Public Health
Length of Program | Meets Exposure Requirements? | Meets Immersion Requirements? |
---|---|---|
1-2 year(s) | No | No |
Respiratory Therapy
Length of Program | Meets Exposure Requirements? | Meets Immersion Requirements? |
---|---|---|
2 years | Yes: virtual modules | Yes: Introductory Team SAFE, Advanced Team SAFE |
Speech-Language Pathology
Length of Program | Meets Exposure Requirements? | Meets Immersion Requirements? |
---|---|---|
2 years | Yes: virtual modules | Yes: Health Mentors Program |
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