Announcing Two Important National Projects
Curriculum Renewal for Interprofessional Education (IPE) in Health
Establishing a National Profile of Interprofessional Education (IPE) in Health in Australia
The University of Technology Sydney and ten partners (including AIPPEN)[1], have obtained funding from the Australian Learning and Teaching Council (ALTC), Western Australian Health (WA Health) and Health Workforce Australia (HWA) to undertake two important national projects in the area of health professional education. The two projects have been designed to conjointly contribute to the development of a national approach to interprofessional education (IPE) as a core element of the pre-registration curriculum across all health professions in Australia.
For the purposes of this project, IPE is defined as any educational activity explicitly designed to bring students from different health professions together to learn about, with and from each other.
The projects will produce and disseminate a range of resources that will:
1. Inform the development of health professional education curriculum: a curriculum framework, generic capability statements, learning outcomes and assessment methods
2. Provide new knowledge about IPE activity in Australia: a national profile of IPE activity
3. Guide and support curriculum change in IPE
4. Support the development of stronger links between a wide range of organisations and individuals engaged with IPE, health workforce development and interprofessional and team based practice in Australia
5. Contribute to a national discussion about the development of future health service provision and health workforce development in Australia.
Initial project activity will be developed in two areas. Firstly, a survey is currently being forwarded to all relevant universities, peak professional, registration, and government bodies, as well as NGO organisations in Australia. This will enable us to develop a national profile of existing IPE related curriculum activity. In conjunction with the survey, the Project Team is consulting with key higher education, professional, registration and other peak bodies involved in health service provision, health professional education and health workforce development.
If you are involved in the development and/or delivery of IPE in your institution, you are invited to participate in this project.
To start the survey please CLICK HERE or visit the project website for more information: www.ipehealth.edu.au
To download the project brochure, click here.
To participate in a consultation, please contact Marie Manidis (Marie.Manidis@uts.edu.au).
To subscribe to the project newsletter, click here.
If you have any questions or would like to discuss any aspect of the project, please contact Ms Marie Manidis (Marie.Manidis@uts.edu.au), Ms Tagrid Yassine (Tagrid.Yassine@uts.edu.au) and for WA enquiries, Dr Paul Nicol (Paul.Nicol@uts.edu.au).
[1] A partnership project between The University of Technology, Sydney (lead partner), Curtin University, Griffith University, Edith Cowan University, University of Notre Dame, Australia, University of Queensland, University of Sydney, University of Western Australia, Australasian Interprofessional Practice & Education Network- AIPPEN, WA Health & participant involvement from Health Workforce Australia
Contacts
Ms. Marie Manidis
ALTC Project Manager
Centre for Research in Learning and Change
University of Technology, Sydney
marie.manidis@uts.edu.au
Tel: +61-2-9514 4628
Fax: +61-2-9514 3939
Ms. Tagrid Yassine
HWA Project Research Manager
Centre for Research in Learning and Change
University of Technology, Sydney
tagrid.yassine@uts.edu.au
Tel: +61-2-9514 4476
Fax: +61-2-9514 3939
For WA enquiries
Dr. Paul Nicol
ALTC WA Co-ordinator
Centre for Research in Learning and Change
Based at:
Education Centre, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences
The University of Western Australia
paul.nicol@uts.edu.au
Tel: +61-8-6488 6897
