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Global Cafe – Learning in lockdown: exploring the impact of COVID-19 on interprofessional education (25 May 2022) 🗓

Learning in lockdown: exploring the impact of COVID-19 on interprofessional education

Co-sponsored by CAIPE

Date and Time: 25 May 2022; 12:00 pm GMT

A series of articles exploring the impact of COVID-19 on interprofessional education in a global context

Presenters: Alison Power, Lisa-Christine Wetzlmair, Veronica O’Carroll, Michael Sy and Vikki Park

Abstract:

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on the learning experiences of students undertaking health and social care programmes across the globe. In the United Kingdom (UK) the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) introduced Emergency Standards for nursing and midwifery undergraduate programmes (2020) making significant short-term changes to programme delivery. The mandate for all students to undertake Interprofessional Education (IPE), however, remained. IPE is key to preparing students on health and social care programmes as it enables students to work as effective members of multi-agency/multi-professional teams on qualification and is therefore an important element of training, having a direct impact on the quality of care and service user experience. This presentation will explore the experiences of academics and students from a global perspective in relation to the delivery of IPE during the pandemic, to identify barriers and facilitators to successful shared learning and provide suggestions for how lessons learned can be taken forward to further enhance this important element of pre-registration education. This presentation by members of the CAIPE Research Subgroup (IPE Experiences) aims to explore the experiences of ‘lockdown learning’ from academics’, students’ and service users’ perspectives as the pandemic necessitated a wholesale move from face to face, blended learning and online learning to include Emergency Remote Teaching (ERT). The perceptions and attitudes of academics and students on such comprehensive changes are a unique and rich data source to explore and inform future provision.

The presentation will reflect on the first four articles in the series. If you would like to read the articles in advance of the cafe, here are the details:

Article 1: Power et al (2021) https://doi.org/10.12968/bjom.2021.29.11.648
Article 2: Wetzlmair et al (2021) https://doi.org/10.12968/bjom.2021.29.12.699
Article 3: Sy et al (2022) https://doi.org/10.12968/bjom.2022.30.1.47
Article 4: Power et al (2022) https://doi.org/10.12968/bjom.2022.30.4.222

Utopian and dystopian views on interprofessional education and collaborative practice peri and post the COVID-19 pandemic.

Presenter: Andreas Xyrichis

Abstract:

Whether utopian or dystopian, the future of interprofessional education and collaborative practice (IPECP) as a field of scholarship cannot be predicted with certainty. Research completed peri-pandemic point to both challenges and opportunities for education and practice, though greater attention tends to be placed on the latter. In the new space created by technological advancements, resource constraints, need for greater integration of education and practice, rising planetary health concerns, and inevitable workforce changes the contribution of  IPECP will remain pivotal to helping health professionals navigate a rapidly changing world. Whatever the post-pandemic context may hold, there will be pressures on and expectations of interprofessional scholars. This presentation builds on a recent editorial in the Journal of Interprofessional Care to examine some of the key issues in IPECP with a view to encouraging debate about how best the IPECP community can prepare for the uncertain future that lies ahead.

Andreas Xyrichis is the Editor-in-Chief of the international Journal of Interprofessional Care – the most influential academic journal in the field of interprofessional science, ranked in the top quartile of Thomson-Reuters impact factor list of Health Policy & Services journals. He is a senior academic researcher at King’s College London, England, having previously held clinical, research and policy posts in London and Brussels. His training has been in nursing, research methodology, health policy and sociology. Andreas’ research focuses on strengthening the organisation and delivery of healthcare, towards improving the accessibility, safety and quality of healthcare systems. He is also an active educationalist working with the King’s Centre for Team-Based Practice and Learning in Health Care, which oversees the delivery of interprofessional education for over 1,500 students/year from medicine, nursing, midwifery, pharmacy, physiotherapy, dentistry, dietetics, and clinical psychology.

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