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Preparing Practice-Ready Collaborative Healthcare Human Services Students: Considerations On Developing Interprofessional Education Competencies In Human Services, Kyulee Park, Francisca Rivas, Ne'shaun Borden, Kristy L. Carlisle

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Interprofessional collaboration, consultation, and cooperation have long been a direct and indirect professional responsibility of human services practitioners in integrated healthcare settings. In order to effectively educate and train practice-ready human services students for rapidly changing healthcare settings, it is critical that human services organizations and programs examine the need for interprofessional competency education. This article provides timely considerations on developing interprofessional education competencies in human services education.