Core Competencies

The Interprofessional Education Collaborative. (2023). IPEC Core Competencies for Interprofessional Collaborative Practice: Version 3. Washington, DC: Interprofessional Education Collaborative. Click here for the IPEC Core Competencies website
In the updated document four sub-competency areas/topics are grouped under an overarching domain of Interprofessional Collaboration. The four topics are:

1. Values and Ethics
2. Roles and Responsibilities
3. Interprofessional Communication
4. Teams and Teamwork

IPEC was formed in 2009 as a collaboration between 6 national health profession's associations. The disciplines represented included; dentistry, nursing, medicine, osteopathic medicine, pharmacy, and public health. An expert panel was convened, with members from each of these disciplines. This panel created the original set of core competencies, along with implementation recommendations. This set of competencies was published in 2011 and has been widely disseminated since then.

Source: Interprofessional Education Collaborative. (2016), Core competencies for interprofessional collaborative practice; 2016 update. Washington, DC; Interprofessional Education Collaborative. (IPEC Home Page)