Interprofessional education is an important part of preparing health sciences students for post-registration working in multi-disciplinary teams. It is generally considered that when healthcare professionals share aspects of their education, this will also result in improvements to patient care because the qualified professionals will communicate more effectively, and understand each others' roles more clearly. The Health Sciences Academy will provide an important focus for Inter-professional education.
You can find out about some of our current inter-professional education initiatives here:
AIPEC formerly known as The Health Fusion Team Challenge (HFTC) is an extracurricular competition for students from the health professions. It provides students with an opportunity to demonstrate their expertise in teamwork and collaboration as they develop a management plan for a client with complex health needs.
Pioneered by academics from the University of British Columbia over 25 years ago, the Health Care Team Challenge was brought to Australia and developed by an interprofessional team of Queensland academics under the name of Health Fusion. In 2017, The University of Limerick became the first Irish University to host the HFTC.
Building on the success the HFTC nationally, The Health Sciences Academy were delighted to host this event virtually in March 2021. AIPEC has been hosted by the following Universities:
2022 University College Cork
2023 University of Galway
2024 Queens University Belfast
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