IOCP Events 

The CU Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education (CU CIPE) aims to foster interprofessional collaboration at CU Anschutz and graduate team-ready practitioners with the skills needed to collaborate as a member of an interprofessional team. In this effort, the CU CIPE offers faculty, staff, and students from all academic units, institutes, and programs to engage in the Interprofessional Open Campus Program (IOCP). 

Purpose: 

To connect students, faculty, and staff members from across the CU Anschutz campus, regardless of professional background, in programing meaningful for the individual and the campus community. The IOCP consists of a menu of program offerings that resonate with the campus community. The College of Nursing, the Schools of Dental Medicine, Medicine, and Pharmacy, and the Anesthesiologist Assistant, Physician Assistant, and Physical Therapy Programs all require their first-year students to participate in the IOCP each fall. Additionally, IOCP offerings aim to be inclusive of all members of the AMC community whenever possible.

Objective 

Each year, the IOCP identifies a primary theme by which to engage different partners within the Anschutz community. The 2023 theme is “One Health”. Many IOCP activities align with this theme and are identified on the IOCP Menu. 

Why this theme? 

A One Health approach promotes collaboration, communication, and coordination among healthcare providers across human, animal, and environmental health to enhance the well-being of both people and animals. At the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, we can better prepare our health professions students to address the complex healthcare problems that society and the planet face by raising awareness of the One Health approach. An interprofessional approach extending to experts in fields such as public health, veterinary medicine and climate science is necessary. We must work together to gain insights into and address health threats from the spread of diseases to pollution to global warming and beyond.