1. Interprofessional Education and Practice: what can we learn to develop today’s interprofessional experiences?

2. Activity: think, pair share…
Describe an IPE experience you have been involved with (as learner or facilitator) what did you value the most about, what did you least value?

3. Overview Aims, principles, methods (revisited) A short history of IPE
IPE Competencies
Key trends and issues

4. Aims improving interprofessional communication
enhancing teamwork knowledge/skills
resolving interprofessional rivalry
improving quality (relationships, patient care)

5. Principles collaborative egalitarian group-directed experiential
reflective

6. Methods exchange (seminars) problem-focused (problem solving)
practice learning (student placements)
simulation (role play)
e-learning (internet interaction)

7. A short history…
1972
Educating for the Health Team (IOM)
2001
Crossing the Quality Chasm: A New Health System for the 21st Century (IOM)
2003
Health Professionals Education: A Bridge to Quality (IOM)
2010
Framework for Action on Interprofessional Education & Collaborative Practice (WHO)

9. Examples
Work in cooperation with those who receive care, those who provide care, and others who contribute to or support the delivery of prevention and health services.
Engage in continuous professional and interprofessional development to enhance collaborative performance.
Use unique and complementary abilities of all members of different professions to optimize patient care.
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10. IPE trends Before qualification After qualification
Case-based learning in the classroom
Increased use of simulation
Expanded use of clinical placements for IPE
After qualification
Team training in simulations
CE workshops related to clinical topics
Embedded in workplace through quality improvement & patient safety

11. Pedagogical issues Complexity of facilitation
heterogeneity, apathy, resistance
Uncertainty: when to intervene in group process
Limited numbers of IPE facilitators
difficulty scaling up to meet need
Increased workload for faculty

12. Organizational issues
Structural and logistical problems:
scheduling, class size, space
Accreditation challenges
Variability in schools’ resources/funding
Need for senior management support

13. Contextual issues Challenging diversity issues:
Socio-economic, ethnicity, gender
Differing professional cultures
Distinctive socialization processes
Powerful influence of hidden curriculum

14. Activity: in small groups…
Quick intros
Begin to think about the design of an IPE activity (either classroom-based, simulation or clinically-based): what key elements would you include to ensure its successful implementation?