Peter Scal, MD, MPH

Faculty Lead, IPE Assessment & Data Analysis

Peter Scal, MD, MPH has been Core Faculty at the Center for Interprofessional Health since 2020. He co-develops and leads interprofessional learning experiences through 1Health, including the Essentials of Ambulatory Care workshops, sessions in Pathways to Health Professions, and a Food as Medicine case study within the Ecohealth Quest retreats, where students apply a One Health framework to the clinical and ecological intersections of nutrition and health.

He is Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics, where his research examines how young people living with chronic conditions come to manage their own health — and what care misses when it measures disease control alone. He practices at the Hubert H. Humphrey Job Corps Center in St. Paul, where he is Medical Director, and previously directed the community clinic at St. Joseph's Home for Children for twenty years.

His interest in interprofessional education comes from that clinical work: the questions that most affect how a young person's life goes rarely belong to any one profession.

Teaching contributions

• Essentials of Ambulatory Care, CIH — workshops, 2020–present
• Pathways to Health Professions (AHS 1104) — teams and teamwork, communications, 2023–present
• Ecohealth Quest: Headwaters at Itasca — Food as Medicine case study, 2026
• 1Health Interprofessional Practice and Education — development, delivery, and evaluation of IPE innovations, 2020–present