We provide health students with the tools for interprofessional practice in clinical/workplace settings, support a patient-centred approach to care, and improve safety through communication, teamwork and collaborative practice.
We coordinate the interprofessional learning (IPL) activities offered to students and staff at the University of Sydney.
Key activities include:
We use a three-phase approach, offering learning opportunities for students throughout the length of their degree.
Starting with the building of knowledge and understanding, students progress to simulated experiences and move on to IPL in the clinical/placement setting.
We also employ a comprehensive learner record, the IPL ePassport to capture, collate and communicate each students’ record of achievement in the field of IPL throughout the span of their degree.
The IPL ePassport aims to assist students in tracking and understanding their own learning and enable them to share a verifiable record of this learning and achievement.
Students and educators can use the IPL resource package (pdf, 1.4MB) to complete or supervise interprofessional learning activities when on placement.
Interprofessional learning on placement gives students an experiential basis for developing skills for collaborative care in the professional workplace. Collaborative and patient/client-centred care has been shown to improve health and social care outcomes.
Mailing address
Level 8 West Wing
Susan Wakil Health Building (D18)
The University of Sydney
NSW, 2006
