Interprofessional Collaborative Practice Micro-Credential Pathway
Skills You Need. Proof You Have Them.
With today’s complex medical environment, employers are seeking health professionals prepared to work collaboratively within the health care team. Students in eligible health professions will have the opportunity to earn a series of three digital badges.
Upon completion of these badges, students will earn the Interprofessional Collaborative Practice Micro-Credential.
Overview
Students are equipped with learning experiences to develop the Interprofessional Education Collaborative (IPEC) Core Competencies for Collaborative Practice, which include interprofessional values and ethics, roles and responsibilities of health care providers, and interprofessional communication and teamwork.
Graduates are provided with a certified credential to distinguish themselves as interprofessional collaborative health care practitioners.
Program Benefits
- No additional cost to participate
- Proof for future employers that you have highly-valued interprofessional collaborative practice skills
- Potential to enhance employment opportunities
What You Will Earn
- Notation on your academic transcript
- Three digital badges to use on your digital resume, LinkedIn, and social media accounts
This program is open to UB students enrolled in a participating health professions program. This includes students in the programs of athletic training, dental medicine, dietetics, health law, health care management, medicine, nursing, occupational therapy, pharmacy, physical therapy, public health, and social work.
All students participating in this micro-credential will be automatically enrolled. There is no need for you to do anything regarding enrollment.
When your program enrolls you for the Interprofessional Forum, you will also be enrolled in the IPCP Micro-credential Program.
Between two and three semesters.
What is a Digital Badge?
A digital badge is a new type of credential that allows you to show specific skills that you have gained through learning experiences.
Moreover, it’s a clickable icon that houses information such as the issuing institution, the date earned, the criteria required to earn the badge and the evidence that shows you have met the required criteria.
Once earned, you may share it on social media sites, such as Linkedin, added as a link on your resume, and embedded in your e-portfolio and email signature.
UB digital badges are issued through the platform Credly. With Credly, you will be able to display your skills and accomplishments to employers, colleagues and peers.
With questions about using Credly, please contact the Office of Micro-Credentials: micro@buffalo.edu or 716-645-1357.
The Interprofessional Collaborative Practice Pathway
There are three badges that must be earned at different points along the program’s pathway: IPCP Foundations, IPCP Communication and Teamwork and IPCP Healthcare Practice. Completion of these badges earns you the Interprofessional Collaborative Practice Micro-Credential.
Digital Badge One: IPCP Foundations
Students will learn the foundational knowledge of interprofessional collaborative practice, the four IPEC Core Competencies, and the rationale for interprofessional practice for improving health outcomes and strengthening our health care system.
Learning Activities:
- Foundations of the IPCP Online Modules
- Fall Interprofessional Forum
- Spring Interprofessional Forum
Digital Badge Two: IPCP Communication and Teamwork
Students will develop interprofessional communication and teamwork skills. Using simulation-based or community-based learning experiences, students will collaborate with other health professions students to provide effective person-centered and population-based care.
Learning Activities:
- Varies dependent on program
Digital Badge Three: IPCP Healthcare Practice
Students will develop interprofessional skills by engaging in collaborative health care settings, which includes interactions with patients and health care providers. Here, students learn to deliver high-quality, ethical health care services to patients and populations.
Learning Activities:
- Various interprofessional health care practice experiences
Reach out to your IPE leadership member to learn more about opportunities.
Interprofessional Collaborative Practice Micro-Credential
Offered by the Office of Interprofessional Education to students in health professions education programs, this badge recognizes completion of the full Interprofessional Collaborative Practice Micro-Credential. Earners have successfully completed all requirements for the three required digital badges: IPCP Foundations, IPCP Communication and Teamwork, and IPCP Healthcare Practice.