Gerda Reitsma, Belinda Scrooby, Tinda Rabie, Michelle Viljoen, Karlien Smit, Antoinette Du Preez, Ronel Pretorius, Abie Van Oort, Mariëtte Swanepoel, Adéle Naudé, Robin Dolman
The need for interprofessional education (IPE) in health science disciplines is a current global trend. However, despite international support and demand, IPE is still new to many health professions curricula in South Africa. Furthermore, while ample existing academic literature addresses commonly encountered barriers to IPE, there is still a need to investigate the dynamics and challenges associated with the process of implementing IPE at universities. IPE is not yet part of the formal curriculum at a faculty of health sciences at a South African Higher Education Institute, so a pilot project was conducted to investigate the experiences of an IPE process by students from different health professions toward informing the planning and implementation of IPE in the formal curriculum...
February 19, 2019: Journal of Interprofessional Care