Postgraduate Course: Interprofessional Education for Collaborative Practice (MEED11038)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh Medical School |
College | College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
| Course type | Online Distance Learning |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | This course is designed for experienced healthcare professionals who have an educational role. It aims to support clinicians in exploring interprofessional education (IPE) and understanding its contribution to a sustainable workforce, effective team collaboration, communication, and patient safety. Participants will consider the rationale and evidence behind IPE strategies and reflect on how IPE influences practice both in their own context and beyond. The course also encourages participants to identify opportunities for enhancing patient care through improved teamwork and communication. |
| Course description |
There will be a strong focus on student-led discussions and sharing resources for peer review and critical analysis.
Online environments are integral to the teaching, learning, and assessment of all programme courses. This includes the use of Learn Ultra, which supports synchronous and asynchronous interactive communication through visual, audio, text-based, and graphical methods.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2025/26, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: 100 |
| Course Start |
Blocks 2-3 (Sem 1-2) |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Lecture Hours 8,
Seminar/Tutorial Hours 8,
Online Activities 65,
Feedback/Feedforward Hours 1,
Formative Assessment Hours 1,
Summative Assessment Hours 30,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
83 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Coursework will form 100 % of the final mark. Participants are expected to submit a short formative assignment for feedback only (no marks), mid-course. The summative assignment will involve a presentation and written component (approximately 2,000 -3,000 words). |
| Feedback |
Feedback is generated on an ongoing basis through interactive live and asynchronous discussion and review of formative assignments.
Tutors will also provide individual, detailed comments on the summative end-of-course assignment.
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| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of the principles and rationale behind interprofessional education (IPE) and its significance in diverse healthcare settings.
- Evaluate the processes and tools that support interprofessional education.
- Critically reflect upon factors within the clinical environment likely to enable or constrain interprofessional education and collaborative practice.
- Demonstrate skills in critical appraisal of the literature on a topical area in interprofessional education.
- Discuss and evaluate the relationship between interprofessional education and organisational systems and values.
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Reading List
Indicative reading list.
Ascione, F.J., Karpa, K., Keehn, M.T., Najjar, G., Pfeifle, A.L., Sick, B., Valentino, A.S. and Weber, Z.A. (2023). Assessing the value of selected organizational characteristics on IPE success at a sample of big 10 universities: A multi-case qualitative analysis. Journal of Interprofessional Education & Practice, 33, pp.100688¿100688. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xjep.2023.100688.
Bogossian, F., New, K., George, K., Barr, N., Dodd, N., Hamilton, A.L., Nash, G., Masters, N., Pelly, F., Reid, C. and Shakhovskoy, R. (2023) The implementation of interprofessional education: a scoping review. Advances in Health Sciences Education, 28(1), pp.243-277.
CAIPE (2017). CAIPE (2017) Interprofessional Education Guidelines, (Barr, H., Ford, J., Gray, R., Helme, M., Hutchings, M., Low, H., Machin, A. & Reeves, S.). [online] CAIPE. Available at: https://www.caipe.org/resources/publications/caipe-publications/caipe-2017-interprofessional-education-guidelines-barr-h-ford-j-gray-r-helme-m-hutchings-m-low-h-machin-reeves-s
Freeth, D., Savin-Baden, M. and Thistlethwaite, J. (2018). Interprofessional Education. Understanding Medical Education, pp.191¿206. doi:https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119373780.ch14.
Thistlethwaite, J. and Moran, M. (2010). Learning Outcomes for Interprofessional Education (IPE): Literature Review and Synthesis. Journal of Interprofessional Care, [online] 24(5), pp.503¿513. doi: https://doi.org/10.3109/13561820.2010.483366.
World Health Organisation (2010). Framework for Action on Interprofessional Education & Collaborative Practice Health Professions Networks Nursing & Midwifery Human Resources for Health. [online] Available at: https://iris.who.int/bitstream/handle/10665/70185/WHO_HRH_HPN_10.3_eng.pdf.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
This course will help students develop the following graduate attributes and skills:
Enquiry and lifelong learning, aspiration and personal development, outlook and engagement, research and enquiry, personal and intellectual autonomy, personal effectiveness, communication, team working.
Knowledge and skills from this course may be applied to create educational solutions to issues within their clinical environments.
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| Keywords | interprofessional,interprofessional education,IPE,collaborative practice |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Ms Lynsey Campbell
Tel:
Email: ldownie@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mrs Femke Morrison
Tel: (0131) 242 6385
Email: Femke.Morrison@ed.ac.uk |
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