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This course is designed to develop health care leaders by teaching and providing opportunities health care professional students (nursing, medical, and pharmacy) to practice collaborative strategies in a community setting. Virtual seminars are designed to focus on the IPEC competencies: values and ethics, roles and responsibilities, communication, and teams and teamwork. This program will also apply strengths-based leadership development strategies for our students to: 1) introduce the strength-based paradigm strategy for professional development 2) celebrate the diversity of strengths amongst health professions students 3) foster a sense of community that encourages professional identity and camaraderie with other health professions students. A Strengths-Based Health Professions Workshop will be tailored to students to explore this method in their journey as a leader and a healthcare team member. This interactive and community-oriented program will include customized exercises, materials, and group activities developed from the Strengths Certified Coaching Teams' armamentarium. A variety of learning modalities will be used for this course including, role play, case studies, a mix of in person an virtual health mentor visits, health promotion projects, and didactic seminars by experts in the field. Students will regularly reflect on these experiences as they consider their impact on pursuit of health equity and their future practice with both colleagues and community members.