Interprofessional Education 
IPE at PCOM's Philadelphia Campus

We at PCOM seek to train healthcare professionals who can provide person-centered, interprofessional, collaborative care across the life span; driven by osteopathic principles to optimize the wellness of the diverse population we serve.

Vision

PCOM will be a national leader in training healthcare professionals who can provide person-centered, interprofessional, collaborative care across the life span; we are driven by osteopathic principles to focus on patient safety, healthcare quality improvement, and optimizing the wellness of the diverse population we serve.

Mission

In pursuit of this vision, our graduates will become competent in the following domains through comprehensive and integrated curriculum, experiential learning, and patient care:

1. Values, ethics and social justice;
2. Roles and responsibilities;
3. Interprofessional communication;
4. Interprofessional, collaborative teamwork; and
5. Collaborative decision-making clinical reasoning and critical thought informed by interprofessional education.

Goals

To intentionally develop collaborative healthcare practitioners by having them learn from, with, and about each others’ professions in relation to optimize patient-care that is evidence-based and in consideration of social determinants of health, professional, ethical, and cultural considerations in holistic health care.

Objectives

Interact with mutual respect and appreciation for others’ roles and responsibilities to enhance the following practice areas: interprofessional and patient-provider communication about patient care, research, and advocacy.

To establish shared values and ethical decision making and practice among healthcare professional students toward holistic patient-centered care, best patient outcomes, and multidisciplinary problem solving across the biopsychosocial cultural continuum of care.

To foster relationship-building values and the identity of a teamwork approach to patient care, community service and teaching, and clinical research for the betterment of the populations we serve, with an emphasis on underserved and disadvantaged populations.

For students to have ongoing self-reflection on thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that enhance or inhibit interprofessional education and practice, and commit to lifelong learning toward ongoing awareness and openness to providing interprofessional education and care for the betterment of the community they serve.

Learn how PCOM uses IPE as a tool to give students a well-rounded experience and the opportunity to collaborate with other disciplines within the medical field.

Take Our IPE Tour

PCOM’s fourth-year DO and fourth-year Clinical PsyD programs collaborated with Villanova University M. Louise Fitzpatrick College of Nursing and their undergraduate and graduate nursing programs to provide IPE experiences in their simulation lab surrounding the critical care of patients with Parkinson’s Disease. (Photo credit: Villanova University M. Louise Fitzpatrick College of Nursing)