Interprofessional Learning Environments in Wales Workshop 11/04/2008

• To develop awareness and understanding of the requirements for environments for effective interprofessional learning (in practice learning, classrooms, virtual environments, and policy and management)

• To provide a showcase for interprofessional learning in Wales

• To include discipline areas within and beyond health and social care, for example, education and the built environment

Conference Programme (Pdf, 100Kb)

List of registrations

Workshop Outcomes:

Short Summary of the Event

Introductory speech and Welcome (Ppt, 1.2Mb) from Roger Mansfield, Head of School, School of Healthcare Studies, Cardiff University

Conference Report (Word, 99.5Kb) from Marion Helme, Health Sciences and Practice Subject Centre

Presentations (click on title to view slide pack)
Introduction and keynote speech (Ppt, 145Kb) from Hugh Barr, Cardiff University

Interdisciplinary learning (Ppt, 239Kb) Jane Davison, Associate Dean at Newport School of Art and Media

Interprofessional Education in a District General Hospital (Ppt, 1.1Mb) Jacqueline Jepson and colleagues, Bangor University

Listed Poster Presentations:

1. Interprofessional clinical simulation. Understanding roles and patient safety issues: Liz Day and colleagues, University of Derby
2. Interprofessional Learning of clinical skills teaching between graduate entry medical students and nursing students: a pilot study: Mark Edwards and colleagues, Swansea University
3. Shared Interprofessional Learning and Working: Kath Elley, University of Glamorgan
4. Interprofessional Learning: using staff learning as a trigger for change: Clare Kell and colleagues, University of Cardiff
5. Embedding Interprofessional Education in the Undergraduate Health Sciences & Social Work Curriculum: Geraldine Macdonald, University of Toronto
6. Inter-professional learning and teaching in the dental workplace setting with physiotherapy, occupational therapy and dental undergraduates exchanging posture/ergonomic and oral health advice: Dinah Sweet and colleagues, University of Cardiff
7. Interprofessional Education in a District General Hospital: Design, Implementation and Evaluation: Jacqueline Jepson and colleagues, Bangor University

Four parallel themed workshops exploring Interprofessional environments:

• Practice settings
• Virtual/ e-learning
• Organisational / institutional policies and management
• Educational settings