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Review on Core Competency of Interprofessional Education (IPE) and Education Method used in the US Pharmacy Colleges. BACKGROUND As the college of pharmacy curriculum was reorganized from a 2+4 interdisciplinary system to an integrated 6-year system in the year of 2022, collaboration and communication competency became important core competencies for achieving the goal of pharmacy education. OBJECTIVE We reviewed articles regarding core competency of WHO and IPEC, and education method of interprofessional education (IPE) of 4 Pharmacy Colleges in the US. METHODS We reviewed articles regarding core competencies pharmacy education from WHO Publication and IPEC publication, and IPE method from curriculum of 4 Pharmacy Colleges in the US with convenience sampling method. CONCLUSION To reinforce the core competencies of cooperation and communication those are newly emphasized in the integrated 6-year curriculum of the College of Pharmacy, it is needed that pharmacy educators consider four concerns: in which year IPE included; how to link with health related or non-health related departments; what contents IPE composed of; and what methods IPE performed.