Title: Educators learning with, from and about each other: lessons from a UK project
1Educators learning with, from and about each
other lessons from a UK project
- Jill Anderson, Hilary Burgess
- and Lynn Tang
- Mental Health in Higher Education
2It is generally accepted that interprofessional
education provides a platform on which
interprofessional practice can be built.
Our starting point. . .
but
what lays the foundation for interprofessional
education?
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4Building blocks for effective practice
Effective practice
in practice Interprofessional working
in practice Interprofessional learning
for educators Interprofessional working
for educators Interprofessional learning
5Who are the educators?
- Academics
- Practice educators
- Service users
- Patients and carers
- Families
- Students?
6Service user and carer involvement
7Why IPE is important in mental health
- Government policy for interprofessional practice
(e.g. new integrated trusts, 10 Essential Shared
Capabilities, New Ways of Working, regulators
requirements) - Growing importance placed on the perspectives of
service users (patients) and carers, and the
emphasis they place on the need for collaborative
practice
8Mental Health in Higher Education
- The Mental Health in Higher Education project
(mhhe) aims to enhance learning and teaching
about mental health through increasing networking
and the sharing of approaches across the
disciplines in higher education.
9Initial research showed
- Many mental health educators
- were isolated and had little opportunity for
engagement with educators from other disciplines - had difficulty in keeping up with pace of change
in practice and policy - Anderson, 2003
10mhhe partners
- Educators from 5 Subject Centres of the Higher
Education Academy - Medicine, Psychology, Social Work, Teaching,
- Health Disciplines (nursing, midwifery,
occupational therapy, physiotherapy etc) -
- 2 Universities with Centres for Mental Health
education (Birmingham and Middlesex) and one with
a Centre for Workforce Development in mental
health (Lincoln) - Developers of User and Carer Involvement in
Education (DUCIE) network
11Information exchange mhhe
- database of MH educators, now 1000
- e-bulletin 6 times a year
- web-site
- exemplars of teaching and learning
- good practice guides e.g. Learning From
Experience - national electronic discussion group
- information sheets re mental health teaching in
each discipline
12IPE for educators levels
13IPE for educators Tools
- workshops
- networking sessions
- information exchange
- web
- e-mail
- publications
14IPE for educatorsnetworking personal interests
- Teaching about arts/theatre and MH across the
professions - Teaching about spirituality and MH across the
professions - Models for involving service users in teaching
- Professional regulation requirements for teaching
about risk and confidentiality
15IPE for Educators institutional themes and
examples
- A symposium for educators from 6 disciplines to
share innovation and dilemmas in teaching mental
health (University of Birmingham) - Meeting held across disciplines in one university
to discuss national policy development and its
implications for practice and education
16IPE for Educators regional themes and examples
- Developing regional networks
- Assessing practice
- Use of terminology
- Teaching about values
- Updates on policy and practice
- Identifying key local regional resources
- Sharing success and challenges in working with
other professions
17IPE for Educators national themes and examples
- Creating opportunities for dialogue, through
national events (e.g. User involvement in
learning and teaching about mental health) - Showcasing innovations in MH education, including
use of information technology - Bringing disciplines together through the mhhe
steering group - Nurturing communities of practice eg the
Developers of User and Carer Involvement (DUCIE)
network
18IPE for educators international themes and
examples
19IPE for educators some questions
- What needs to be in place if interprofessional
learning is to take place between educators? - To what extent are such opportunities available
(and developed) within universities? - How can they be enhanced?
20Enhancing IPE for educators an exercise
- Design a university/practice setting in which
interprofessional learning opportunities for
educators are maximised. - How close is this picture to a description of
your own university or practice base? - What strategies might you introduce to enhance
interprofessional learning opportunities for
educators? - What resources would be helpful?
21Contact details
- Mental Health in Higher Education
- www.mhhe.heacademy.ac.uk
- Jill Anderson j.anderson_at_lancaster.ac.uk
- Hilary Burgess h.c.burgess_at_bristol.ac.uk
- Lynn Tang l.tang_at_bham.ac.uk
22References
- Anderson J. (2003) Keeping in Touch, Mental
Health Today, September - Anderson, J. Burgess, H. (2007) Educators
Learning Together linking communities of
practice in Stickley, T. Basset, T. (eds)
Teaching Mental Health, Chichester John Wiley - Karban, K. Smith, S., Talking the talk and
walking the walk developing interprofessional
learning in higher education (Poster
presentation) - http//www.leedsmet.ac.uk/health/ipl/features/354
79poster-6.pdf - Steinert, Y. (2005) Learning together to teach
together Interprofessional education and faculty
development, Journal of Interprofessional Care,
Volume 19, Supplement 1, 60-75