Designing Interprofessional Education Curriculum Using Multiple Conceptual Frameworks

Full implementation of the Affordable Care Act and the projected physician and nurse shortages, will require that health care providers work effectively in teams. To achieve this goal, education about team work must start at the student level. We describe how we used educational conceptual frameworks such as Kotter’s 8-step Change Model, Kern’s 6-step approach to designing curriculum, and Miller’s Pyramid of Assessment to develop our curriculum. This approach to interprofessional curriculum development is adaptable and transferable to other health professions schools.