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Review
. 2016 Aug;16(3):e277-85.
doi: 10.18295/squmj.2016.16.03.003. Epub 2016 Aug 19.

Currently Available Tools and Teaching Strategies for the Interprofessional Education of Students in Health Professions: Literature review

Nelofar S Khan  1 , Syed I Shahnaz  2 , Kadayam G Gomathi  1
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Currently Available Tools and Teaching Strategies for the Interprofessional Education of Students in Health Professions: Literature review

Nelofar S Khan et al. Sultan Qaboos Univ Med J. 2016 Aug.

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Abstract

Interprofessional education (IPE) is designed to provide students from different health sectors with opportunities to work together to enhance future collaboration. The implementation of IPE activities is a current trend in various countries. This review exclusively targets IPE issues involving undergraduate health profession students and highlights various approaches in different regions. A total of 28 articles published in peer-reviewed journals between January 2012 and July 2015 were assessed to determine recent trends in IPE implementation. Nine main strategies were identified: simulation-based education programmes; rotations in rural and community settings; interprofessional training wards; patient-centred case studies; theme-centred workshops; student seminars; student-delivered lectures; health promotion activities; and interactive lectures in a common setting. Many of these institutions had not restricted themselves to a single strategy and supplemented these activities with additional teaching or learning methods. Recommendations gathered from these diverse approaches may assist the development of sustainable strategies for implementing IPE in undergraduate medical curricula.

Keywords: Health Professions; Interdisciplinary Communication; Interprofessional Relations; Undergraduate Medical Education.

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Figure 1:
Flowchart of the process used to identify articles for inclusion in the literature review. CINAHL = Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature; ERIC = Education Resources Information Center; IPE = interprofessional education.
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