About Us

The Rutgers Health Office of Interprofessional Programs was created on July 1, 2013, when most of the schools of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey were merged into Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. The Schools and Programs that are involved in interprofessional education at Rutgers are:

• School of Health Professions
  • Clinical Nutrition Program
  • Combined Master of Public Health Degree in Nutrition and Dietetic Internship Certificate Program
  • Diagnostic Medical Sonography Program
  • Rehabilitation Counseling Program
  • Medical Laboratory Science Program
  • Occupational Therapy Assistant Program
  • Occupational Therapy Doctorate Program
  • Physical Therapy Program
  • Physician Assistant Program
  • Speech-Language Pathology Program

The range of health professions students trained at Rutgers Health allows for the development of innovative interprofessional learning opportunities that provide students from a wide range of disciplines to learn about, from and with each other. Our students are trained to work as members of highly functional collaborative teams in a variety of settings including small and large case-based sessions, student-run clinics, community based clinics and in simulated case based learning.