Glasgow 2003 - Inter-professional learning

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 Keynote: New Approaches to Health Workforce Training (Peter Smith)

The presentation [PDF 110 kB]

Topics

• Health Workforce Issues - workforce shortage; increasing complexity of technology; increasing complexity of systems
• Developments at the University of Auckland inter-professional learning programme
• Core components of the programme
• Becoming a health professional
• Maori health
• Quality and safety

Key Issues

• Quality and safety – systems failure
• The need for multidisciplinary teamwork
• The new pedagogy
• Defining inter-professional learning
• Describing inter-professional learning

Inter-professional Education: Commentary (Edwin Yen)

The presentation [PDF 260 kB]

Topics

• Inter-professional education
• Examples at UBC

Key Issues

• The advantages of inter-professional education
• The challenges in inter-professional education
• The next steps

Discussion  

• Participants focused on a range of issues including:
• Assessment of students
• Government funding of programmes
• Challenges and opportunities in relation to research
• How far to take the concept of inter-professionalism

New opportunities for Inter-professional Learning   - Inter-professional Education

The presentation [PDF 40 kB]

Telehealth

U21 Global Telehealth Initiative (Kendall Ho et al)
The presentation [PDF 410 kB]

U21 Global Telehealth Initiative Survey
The presentation [PDF 15 kB]