Collection of Promising IPE Approaches

Interprofessional collaboration in practice is an important strategy that can improve patient care and is an unavoidable way for reducing the global health workforce crisis. Interprofessional education (IPE) can help to acquire the skills needed to become part of a cooperative, hands-on health workforce. IPE occurs when students from two or more professions learn about, from and with each other to enable effective collaboration and improve health outcomes (WHO, 2010).

With the help of an online questionnaire, IPE approaches from four European Countries were obtained. The collection of the findings provides an overview of existing interventions and show how IPE can be structured and what good practice examples can look like. The exchange of experience across countries, universities and professions should facilitate the implementation of IPE.

The interventions provided on this website include collaborative learning of students of different healthcare professions. The primary settings are higher undergraduate or graduate education of health professionals (pre-licensure). Other professions than stated in the diagram above were active therapy, biomedical science, communication trainers, masseur, music therapy, orthopedagogy, orthopaedic technician, pharmacy, rehabilitation counsellor, sign language interpretation and special education.

In the concept map at the end of the site you can find relevant information about benefits and challenges of IPE interventions and how you can produce better outcomes and reduce problems.

Within the PDFs, you can find more detailed descriptions of the interventions. The following list provides an overview of the interventions and allows you to find IPE examples according to your preferences.

Interventions with cooperation partners:
1_Activity Based Group Work Course
4_Interdisciplinary Communication
9_IPCIHC - Interprofessional Collaboration in Health Care
10_ZORO Training
11_Future Factory Project Course
14_IP Quality of Food Intake and Social Exclusion

Interventions without cooperation partners:
2_Das österreichische Gesundheitswesen
3_Gesundheitsberufe interprofessionell
5_Professional Conversation and Interaction
6_Teaching and Learning Process Reflection
7_Online Nutrition Workshops for Social Workers
8_Practice of Nutrition Therapy and Dietetics
12_iLab
13_PROMISE
15_English for Health Professionals
16_Functioning, Participation and Counselling

Use of Patient-Centered Care
1_Activity Based Group Work Course
4_Interdisciplinary Communication
5_Professional Conversation and Interaction
6_Teaching and Learning Process Reflection
9_IPCIHC - Interprofessional Collaboration in Health Care
10_ZORO Training
14_IP Quality of Food Intake and Social Exclusion
15_English for Health Professionals

Use of ICF (International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health)
1_Activity Based Group Work Course
3_Gesundheitsberufe interprofessionell
4_Interdisciplinary Communication
8_Practice of Nutrition Therapy and Dietetics
9_IPCIHC - Interprofessional Collaboration in Health Care
10_ZORO Training
16_Functioning, Participation and Counselling

Use of Clinical Reasoning
1_Activity Based Group Work Course
3_Gesundheitsberufe interprofessionell
4_Interdisciplinary Communication
6_Teaching and Learning Process Reflection
9_IPCIHC - Interprofessional Collaboration in Health Care
11_Future Factory Project Course
13_PROMISE
15_English for Health Professionals
16_Functioning, Participation and Counselling

Teaching location: Online
2_Das österreichische Gesundheitswesen
3_Gesundheitsberufe interprofessionell
6_Teaching and Learning Process Reflection
7_Online Nutrition Workshops for Social Workers
8_Practice of Nutrition Therapy and Dietetics

Teaching location: In-person
3_Gesundheitsberufe interprofessionell
6_Teaching and Learning Process Reflection
13_PROMISE

Teaching location: Blended Learning
1_Activity Based Group Work Course
4_Interdisciplinary Communication
5_Professional Conversation and Interaction
9_IPCIHC - Interprofessional Collaboration in Health Care
10_ZORO Training
11_Future Factory Project Course
12_iLab
14_IP Quality of Food Intake and Social Exclusion
15_English for Health Professionals
16_Functioning, Participation and Counselling

Financial resources required
4_Interdisciplinary Communication
9_IPCIHC - Interprofessional Collaboration in Health Care
12_iLab
14_IP Quality of Food Intake and Social Exclusion

No financial resources required
1_Activity Based Group Work Course
2_Das österreichische Gesundheitswesen
3_Gesundheitsberufe interprofessionell
5_Professional Conversation and Interaction
6_Teaching and Learning Process Reflection
7_Online Nutrition Workshops for Social Workers
8_Practice of Nutrition Therapy and Dietetics
10_ZORO Training
11_Future Factory Project Course
13_PROMISE
15_English for Health Professionals
16_Functioning, Participation and Counselling

Involved study programs: Physiotherapy
2_Das österreichische Gesundheitswesen
3_Gesundheitsberufe interprofessionell
4_Interdisciplinary Communication
5_Professional Conversation and Interaction
9_IPCIHC - Interprofessional Collaboration in Health Care
11_Future Factory Project Course
12_iLab
13_PROMISE
15_English for Health Professionals
16_Functioning, Participation and Counselling

Involved study programs: Nursing
2_Das österreichische Gesundheitswesen
4_Interdisciplinary Communication
5_Professional Conversation and Interaction
9_IPCIHC - Interprofessional Collaboration in Health Care
10_ZORO Training
11_Future Factory Project Course
13_PROMISE
15_English for Health Professionals

Involved study programs: Dietetics
1_Activity Based Group Work Course
3_Gesundheitsberufe interprofessionell
6_Teaching and Learning Process Reflection
7_Online Nutrition Workshops for Social Workers
8_Practice of Nutrition Therapy and Dietetics
9_IPCIHC - Interprofessional Collaboration in Health Care
13_PROMISE
14_IP Quality of Food Intake and Social Exclusion

Involved study programs: Occupational Therapy
1_Activity Based Group Work Course
3_Gesundheitsberufe interprofessionell
4_Interdisciplinary Communication
6_Teaching and Learning Process Reflection
8_Practice of Nutrition Therapy and Dietetics
9_IPCIHC - Interprofessional Collaboration in Health Care
11_Future Factory Project Course
16_Functioning, Participation and Counselling

Involved study programs: Social Work
1_Activity Based Group Work Course
4_Interdisciplinary Communication
7_Online Nutrition Workshops for Social Workers
9_IPCIHC - Interprofessional Collaboration in Health Care
11_Future Factory Project Course
12_iLab
13_PROMISE
14_IP Quality of Food Intake and Social Exclusion
16_Functioning, Participation and Counselling

Involved study programs: Midwifery
3_Gesundheitsberufe interprofessionell
9_IPCIHC - Interprofessional Collaboration in Health Care

Involved study programs: Radiography
3_Gesundheitsberufe interprofessionell

Involved study programs: Speech Therapy
3_Gesundheitsberufe interprofessionell
9_IPCIHC - Interprofessional Collaboration in Health Care

Involved study programs: Biomedical Science
3_Gesundheitsberufe interprofessionell