Document Type
Conference Paper
RIS ID
31725
Abstract
An inter-professional educational initiative involving two cohorts of first year graduate-entry medical students was piloted at the University of Wollongong. The learning activity, a 3-week interdisciplinary clinical experience (ICE) where students worked with practitioners from a range of health professions, aimed to help students gain perspectives on professional roles, teamwork and inter-professional communication, and the impact of these on quality and safety in health care. Complexity theory provided the conceptual framework for the placement1, with the National Patient Safety Education Framework guiding its implementation and evaluation.
