Not unlike many other health professions disciplines, allied health also faces challenges in integrating interdisciplinary coursework into the curriculum and growing interest and support for such courses among students and faculty. This month's feature draws attention to some of these challenges in addition to highlighting some of their approaches in dealing with these issues.
Students take the course in their junior or senior year, or as a graduate student.
The general class format is one of lecture, followed by class discussion. Presentations are given by faculty members of the school, or invited experts. This experience simulates an actual interdisciplinary health care team in practice. Each student is required to observe, for at least a three-hour period, a health care professional at practice, from a discipline other than his or her own. The course is coordinated by three faculty members, each representing a different allied health discipline within the school.