"Interprofessional education occurs when students from two or more professions learn about, from and with each other to enable effective collaboration and improve health outcomes."
- WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION, 2010
Welcome to IPHSA.
The Interprofessional Healthcare Students’ Association (IPHSA) is an initiative that began at the University of Toronto but is now growing to represent the various student healthcare faculties in Toronto and the Greater Toronto Area.
IPHSA represents all University of Toronto students in the following 12 faculties:
IPHSA also represents students from:
Our mission is to foster interprofessional education (IPE), understanding and collaboration between healthcare disciplines. IPHSA provides opportunities for healthcare students to connect by creating avenues for healthcare students to advocate as a whole, by organizing student networking events for peers to engage with each other, and by identifying relevant workshops for students to get exposed to diverse healthcare expertise. As healthcare becomes increasingly complex and interdisciplinary, IPHSA represents healthcare students' readiness to engage and collaborate with each other to achieve the common goal of optimal patient care.
The UofT division of IPHSA is supported by the Centre for Advancing Collaborative Healthcare & Innovation (CACHE) which oversees the national standard-setting Interprofessional Educaton Curriculum. Please visit their website for more information on the University of Toronto's Interprofessional Education Curriculum, in which all 12 healthcare disciplines at the University of Toronto are involved.
IPHSA represents all University of Toronto students in the following 12 faculties:
- Dentistry,
- Kinesiology,
- Medical Radiation Science,
- Medicine,
- Nursing,
- Occupational Therapy,
- Pharmacy,
- Physical Therapy,
- Physician Assistant,
- Social Work,
- Speech-Language Pathology, and
- Pastoral Studies (Spiritual Care)
IPHSA also represents students from:
- the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College, and
- the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine.
Our mission is to foster interprofessional education (IPE), understanding and collaboration between healthcare disciplines. IPHSA provides opportunities for healthcare students to connect by creating avenues for healthcare students to advocate as a whole, by organizing student networking events for peers to engage with each other, and by identifying relevant workshops for students to get exposed to diverse healthcare expertise. As healthcare becomes increasingly complex and interdisciplinary, IPHSA represents healthcare students' readiness to engage and collaborate with each other to achieve the common goal of optimal patient care.
The UofT division of IPHSA is supported by the Centre for Advancing Collaborative Healthcare & Innovation (CACHE) which oversees the national standard-setting Interprofessional Educaton Curriculum. Please visit their website for more information on the University of Toronto's Interprofessional Education Curriculum, in which all 12 healthcare disciplines at the University of Toronto are involved.