These activities introduce key concepts and isolate specific skills aligned with IPEC competencies. Learners primarily engage with one competency at a time, with limited, supported opportunities to apply skills in a team-based context. These activities are well-suited for initial exposure, as well as for warm-up, activating prior knowledge, or pre-assessment before progressing to application or integration activities.

Values Sort (VE)
Participants explore how personal values influence collaboration, communication, and team effectiveness.

Collaborative Drawing (TT) (PDF)
Participants co-create drawings and reflect on how diverse perspectives, communication, and collaboration shape collective outcomes.

Collaborative Escape Challenge (TT)
Collaborate with teammates to solve a timed puzzle challenge that requires communication, coordination, and shared problem-solving.

Cup Stacking (TT)
Teams use a shared tool to stack cups into a pyramid, practicing coordination, communication, and role negotiation to achieve a common goal.

Descriptive Drawing (TT)
Participants practice clear communication and active listening by describing and drawing an image without visual cues.

Team Development Mapping Exercise (TT)
Participants analyze a team case using Tuckman’s stages of development and identify strategies to improve team effectiveness.

The Marshmallow Challenge (TT)
Teams build the tallest freestanding tower possible while practicing collaboration, communication, shared leadership, and iterative problem-solving.

Trust Walk (TT)
Participants guide a partner through an obstacle course using only verbal directions, practicing trust, communication, and shared accountability.

Diffractive Questioning (RR)
Participants collaboratively generate and build upon questions to explore assumptions, deepen inquiry, and understand how different perspectives shape knowledge and problem-solving.

Introducing Another Profession(RR)
Participants interview and introduce another profession to learn how diverse roles contribute to collaborative team-based care.

Overview of Roles in Healthcare (RR)
Participants explore the roles, responsibilities, and expertise of team members to better understand how different professions contribute to collaborative care.

Another Way to Say (C)
Participants expand their communication skills by generating multiple ways to express the same idea or message.

Listen Actively (C)
Participants learn and reflect on active listening skills that support effective communication and engagement within teams.

Reflection on Team Communication (C)
Participants reflect on individual, professional, and team communication styles to strengthen shared understanding, collaboration, and team effectiveness.

Spread the Word (C)
Participants practice active listening by adapting and presenting key information for different audiences.

Twenty Questions (C)
Participants practice asking strategic questions to efficiently gather information and solve a communication challenge.

IPE and IDE Introductory Module: Activities and Reflective Questions

These activities may be used before and after individual lessons or the full module to reinforce learning and support reflection.

• Lesson 5: Values and Ethics 
  Participants reflect on personal values, explore how value differences influence teamwork, and establish shared expectations for ethical and respectful collaboration.
• Lesson 6: Roles and Responsibilities
  Participants reflect on their strengths and team roles while exploring how diverse expertise and shared responsibility contribute to successful interdisciplinary or interprofessional collaboration.
• Lesson 7: Communication 
  Participants practice active listening and respectful communication while developing shared norms that support trust, collaboration, and effective teamwork.
• Lesson 8: Teams and Teamwork
  Participants identify team strengths, roles, and teamwork principles while exploring how role flexibility and shared responsibility contribute to effective collaboration.
  IPE and IDE Introductory Module (Integrative Approach)
  Participants explore the four IPEC domains and establish shared team agreements to support effective interdisciplinary or interprofessional collaboration.