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12 tips for developing inter-professional education (IPE) in healthcare

Author(s) -

Elaine Hill,

Erin Kristen Morehead,

Dawne Gurbutt,

Joanne Keeling,

Morris Gordon

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

mededpublish

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 2312-7996

DOI - 10.15694/mep.2019.000069.1

Subject(s) - teamwork , health care , interprofessional education , health professionals , healthcare delivery , medical education , psychology , nursing , engineering ethics , public relations , medicine , political science , engineering , law

This article was migrated. The article was marked as recommended. As healthcare increases in complexity there is growing awareness that interprofessional teamwork underpins safe and effective care delivery. However, in order to collaborate in interprofessional teams, health professionals must also train in them. Despite increasing interest in IPE amongst healthcare educators, and positive comments from students, barriers to its implementation remain. The authors of this article come from different healthcare professions and have overcome the challenges of developing IPE to devise several successful activities. This article outlines the educational benefits of IPE and provides guidance for surmounting obstacles to its implementation, supported by examples from our own experience.

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