For Credit Courses

The following UNC courses were designed using IPE principles and practices. UNC offers other courses not strictly focused on IPE that may be of interest to anyone studying interprofessional and interdisciplinary education and practice.

UNC Course Catalog

PACE 607I. Inter-Professional Team Work and Communication: Keys to Patient Safety. 3 Credits.

This inter-professional course focuses on understanding roles, teamwork, and communication to improve patient safety within the health care environment. National standards and initiatives will be foundational to the course.
Requisites: Prerequisite, completion of first year in Doctor of Pharmacy program.
Grading status: Letter grade.

SOWO 620I. Working in Teams: Developing Patient Advocacy Skills, Chapel Hill. 3 Credits.

Discuss the roles of different members of a health care team in co-managing common conditions in primary care. Describe the advantages to a patient of using co-management for his/her medical condition. Identify barriers to implementation of effective health care teams in the current health care system.
Same as: FMME 620I, PHCY 620I.

NURS 607I. Interprofessional Team Work and Communication – Key to Patient Safety. 3 Credits.

Majors only. This interprofessional course focuses on understanding roles, teamwork, and communication to improve patient safety within the health care environment. National standards and initiatives will be the foundation of the course. Pass/Fail only.
Grading status: Pass/Fail.

NURS 613I. Intermediate Spanish for Health Care I. 3 Credits.

This intermediate course is the equivalent of the third semester of college Spanish. Students will hone their listening and speaking skills in class primarily through role-playing activities and class discussion. Activities center on an original film set in a health clinic in rural North Carolina.
Grading status: Letter grade
Same as: PUBH 613, AHSC 613I, PHCY 613I, SOWO 613I.

NURS 614I. Intermediate Spanish for Health Care II. 3 Credits.

Permission of the instructor. This primarily e-learning course provides public health students with the opportunity to improve their oral communication skills in Spanish at the intermediate level via DVD, Web, and workbook. Instructor-led. Online course.
Requisites: Prerequisite, PUBH 613I.
Grading status: Pass/Fail
Same as: PUBH 614I, AHSC 614I, PHCY 614I, SOWO 614I.

NURS 615I. Advanced Spanish for Health Care I. 3 Credits.

Required preparation, third semester Spanish or equivalent. This advanced course reviews the grammar of the third and fourth semester of college Spanish. Students hone their listening and speaking skills through role-playing activities and class discussion. Activities center on an original film set in a Latino-run health clinic.
Grading status: Letter grade
Same as: PUBH 615, AHSC 615I, DENT 615I, MEDI 615I, PHCY 615I, SOWO 615I.

NURS 781I. Genomics and Society. 3 Credits.

This multidisciplinary course offers students the opportunity to gain a basic understanding of human genetics and explore the ethical, legal, and social implications of recent advances in genetics.

NURS 790I. Population Health Interprofessional Management in a Changing Health Care System. 3 Credits.

Admission to the School of Nursing graduate program or graduate students in any of the Health Affairs Schools with permission of instructor. This interprofessional education course focuses on preparing healthcare professionals with the foundational skills needed to work in teams to effectively collaborate and coordinate care in population health.

PUBH 616I. Health Care Informatics. 2 Credits.

Course designed to provide a multimodal learning experience that prepares health sciences students to learn to become proficient at selecting/using technology for organizing, analyzing, and managing information in health care settings.
Grading status: Letter grade
Same as: PHCY 616I.