Rethinking Interprofessional Education and Development EIPED Conference Plymouth October 89th 2007

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Rethinking Interprofessional Education and
Development EIPED Conference Plymouth October
8/9th 2007

• Student Voices in Interprofessional Education
• Elinor Clarke Associate Director (CIPeL) and
  Robert Cotton second year dietetics student at
  Coventry University and student intern (CIPeL)

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Introduction student voices in IPE

• Background
• HEFCE funded CETL CIPeL- Focus/ Aims of CIPeL
• Student Interns theory and practice
• Numbers, Types, Frequency, job description,
• Experiences
• Student Voices
• HE CU general
• CIPeL Student Interns
• Contributions developments
• delivery of IP (production of LO, evaluation of
  LO, contribution to CIPeL community)
• Future developments

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CETL - CIPeL

• CETLs are a high profile, innovative national
  project that values the input of students in its
  activities.
• CIPeL is a collaborative Centre for Excellence in
  Teaching and Learning (CETL) between Coventry and
  Sheffield Hallam Universities.
• It is thought that e-learning may break the
  barriers associated with Inter-professional
  learning.
• CIPeL Centre for Inter-professional e-learning.
  www.cipel.ac.uk

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Aims of CIPeL

• Develop and disseminate solutions to current
  barriers that hinder the advance and embedding of
  inter-professional learning (IPL) in health and
  social care education.
• Act as a beacon of best practice and promote
  and disseminate inter-professional e-learning
  (IPeL) nationally and internationally
• Stimulate, support and develop staffs
  inter-professional e-learning skills.
• Through research and evaluation contribute
  significantly to the development of a pedagogic
  evidence base, which will inform future
  development in IPeL.
• Provide a national and international
  inter-professional e-learning observatory and
  resource.

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Boiling the CETL CIPeL heat!

• Web-based patient journeys which address IP
  Learning Outcomes (CU)
• Multimedia accounts of patient/ client experience
  (SHU)
• Inter-professional action learning sets (SHU)
• Online reflection on critical incidents on
  placement (CU)
• Building on an educational framework, provided by
• Inter-professional capabilities framework (CUILU,
  2004) 16 capabilities in 4 domains Ethical
  practice, Knowledge in practice,
  Inter-professional working and Reflection
• Coventry University Student Numbers
• Approximately 900 students for each Academic year
  (3 years)
• Types of students Medical, Nursing (Adult,
  Child, Mental Health, Learning Disabilities),
  Paramedics, ODPs, Midwives, Occupational
  Therapists, Physiotherapists, Social Care
  Dieticians
• Frequency IPLP each year

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Student Interns

• The Centre for Inter-Professional e-Learning
  (CIPeL), at the Faculty of Health and Life
  Sciences invite student interns on a fixed term
  basis for 1 year.
• The positions commenced in March 2007 and hours
  are flexible normally up to 10 hours per year
  as required and according to availability with
  respect to programme of study.
• Student Interns will be required to provide
  electronic feedback on a variety of learning
  materials.
• Recruitment Total 12 students, 3 students
  (CU),9 (SHU)
• Student Interns are from a variety of
  professional backgrounds (Dietician
  (1),Physiotherapy (1),Social work (1),
  Radiotherapist (2), Nurse (1), Radiography
  (1)Occupational therapy (1), Information
  Technology (4))
• Student Intern Support and co-ordination is
  provided by Elinor Clarke (Coventry) and Helen
  Bywater (Sheffield Hallam)

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Student Voices - practice

• Coventry and Sheffield Student Voices same
  tune, different pitch!
• Student Interns - Design, development and
  evaluation of Learning objects
• Research (student experiences of e-learning)

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Student Voice or Voices in Higher Education?

• Both the Oxford English Reference Dictionary
  the Chambers Dictionary define voice as the
  right to express an opinion in some form or
  other
• Voting, General and local elections, not voting
  and voting with feet.
• Student Union local national voice.
• Student Reps link between students and staff.
• Individuals - Evaluating Courses, modules,
  accommodation
• Expressing opinions about all aspects of student
  life and experiences (Coventry University 2007)
  Student Charter

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Robert Voicing my experiences

• Direct contact with CIPeL staff, including
  regular contact with associate director Elinor
  Clarke .
• Access to CIPeL web community, comments on
  learning objects, discussion forums.
• HEFCE study, took part in HEFCE independent
  research of CIPeLs activities.
• Sweden Academic exchange, gave student
  perspective during discussion.
• This presentation, student perspective on CIPeLs
  student interns, disseminating information.
• Disseminating information, meeting people,
  handing out information etc.

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Sheffield - Student Voice Claire Lilly
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Future Developments for CIPeL Interns

• Good relationships, need to be maintained.
• Establish regular meetings with fellow student
  interns, discuss CIPeLs work, review learning
  objects as a group.
• Gain further insight into other students
  thoughts opinions and experience of IPL,
  formally, structured research, informally,
  talking.
• Disseminate information, informing IPL students
  of CIPeLs work, produce leaflets, giving
  presentation, talking.
• Disseminate information, trying to publish the
  essay that supports this presentation.
• Create a learning object.

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• Summary and Conclusions
• Students contribute to CIPeL core activities.
• Students and secondees participate in CIPeL
  community web
• Student Interns are rewarded for their
  contributions.
• The Centre for Interprofessional e-learning
  values students
• Voices in both design and development of Learning
  Objects.
• Voices in the evaluation of IPLP
• Inclusively not exclusivity!

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References

• Centre for Interprofessional e-Learning (2005)
  Project Summary online available from
  lthttp//www.cipel.ac.uk/projects/cipp/collaboratio
  n-professional-practice.htmgt 12 July 2007)
• Centre for Interprofessional e-Learning
  Newsletter, (2007) CIPeL Spring newsletter.
  Coventry University lthttp//www.cipel.ac.uk/news/N
  ewsletters.htmgt 16 July 2007)
• Coventry University (2007) Student Charter.
  http//www.coventry.ac.uk/cuonline/registry
• Higher Education Funding Council (2005) Centres
  for excellence in Teaching and learning online
  available from lthttp//www.hefce.ac.uk/learning/TI
  nits/cetl/gt 9 July 2007
• The Chambers Dictionary (2003) Edinburgh
  Chambers Harrap Publishing Ltd
• Oxford English Reference Dictionary (2003) 2nd
  ed. Edited by Judy Pearsall and Bill Trumble.
  Oxford Oxford University Press