Facilitating Interprofessional Education (IPE) in a health or care setting
Delivered by School of Medicine
The aim of this course is to enable participants to consider the opportunities for interprofessional education (IPE) for staff and/or students within the context of a health or care setting.
The health or care setting is a rich learning environment for staff and students but poses challenges particularly for educators who may not know where to start with IPE in this context. This course will enable participants to explore a toolkit of resources to aid with the planning, delivery, and evaluation of IPE in a health or care setting.
This course is not currently available to book.
Course dates are being established. If you would like to be notified of the dates once confirmed please email [email protected].
Course information
Course dates
To be confirmed.
Course duration
3-hour short course.
Pre-requisites
- Participants must have access to a device with internet connection, webcam and microphone, as well as a valid email address to register with the online learning platform in order to attend the course. Further details.
- All our short courses are delivered in English.
Entry requirements
Targeted at individuals who coordinate, support, supervise or deliver education or training for staff and/or students within a health or social care setting.
Course type
Certificate of Completion (non-credit bearing).
Teaching format
Online, remote, and synchronous delivery.
Part of the course will include interactive large and small group discussions where participants will also be encouraged to “learn with, from and about” (CAIPE, 2002) each other’s interprofessional contexts, opportunities, and challenges .
Learning outcomes
The learning outcomes for this short course, specifically related to IPE in a health or care setting, are:
- Explore the drivers for IPE.
- Identify the common challenges and hurdles in planning and implementing IPE and discuss strategies for overcoming these challenges.
- Explore ways in which clinical skills can be used as a vehicle for IPE.
- Identify opportunities for IPE which take into account learning environment, context and resources.
- Review the evaluation and assessment methods which could be used for IPE.
Authored and delivered by

Dr Veronica O'Carroll
Senior Lecturer

Ms Mairi McKinley
Clinical Teaching Fellow
