Evaluation of an IPL Seminar Series

1. Evaluation of an IPL Seminar Series Dr Jane Day, Head of Division & Dr Ruth Strudwick, Senior Lecturer School of Nursing & Midwifery, and School of Science, Technology & Health University Campus Suffolk • Results of the Focus Group • Is it better to have IPL delivered in placement or at UCS? • On placement as it seems more relevant when you are on placement • Better to be in a smaller group • Good discussion as in smaller group, less intimidating • Are there any issues attending for IPL when you are in placement? • University workload • Timing in relation to placement needs • This time was not mandatory, so it was not prioritised, it was thought that this was the reason why no one came to the second session • Facilitators • All students thought it was good to have facilitators from practice • Subject matter • Student said both sessions were interesting • Preferred prisoner scenario as this resulted in many different opinions from different professional group and allowed for more discussion • What have we learnt? • Offering an IPL seminar series within the practice setting was well received by both the students and the facilitators. • Students enjoyed being able to discuss the scenarios in small interprofessional groups • Students enjoyed finding out about one another's roles. • Timing and location of sessions needs to be considered • Recommendations • Consider the logistics of running the seminar series across the region to assess its feasibility • Encourage students on all courses and from all year group to attend • Give consideration to the timing and location of the session • Contact • Dr Jane Day, Head of Division, UCS, • email: j.day@ucs.ac.uk Introduction An interprofessional education experience is an essential component for all health and social care pre registration students studying at UCS. The pre-registration programmesinvolved in IPL at UCS includes diagnostic and therapeutic radiography, all fields of nursing, midwifery, social work and operating department practitioners. Since the pre registration IPL programme was implemented in 2004 the programme has moved from being totally theoretically delivered and assessed to being delivered on campus and being assessed in the practice by an e-portfolio as well as by written assignments. There is a desire to move the delivery of IPL entirely into practice. • Results from the initial questionnaire • Why did you sign up for the IPL seminar series? • Interested to find out as much as possible about IPL • To improve my interprofessional learning in practice • To learn more about myself • What are you expecting to learn from the seminar series? • To learn more about working as part of an interprofessional team • To learn more about myself and how I communicate with others • Learn to work in an interprofessional team • Seminar 1 – The Prisoner • 11 students attended:- • 1 trainee assistant practitioner • 1 1st year mental health nursing student • 2 1st year social work students • 5 1st year radiotherapy students • Seminar 2 • No students attended this session. • Seminar 3 - The Vegetables • 11 students attended:- • 6 1st year diagnostic radiography students • 2 1st year social work students • 3 1st year radiotherapy students • Student Feedback • What did you enjoy about the session? • Being in a group of different professions and seeing the different ways the situation can be dealt with • Finding out about different professions • Raised issues that we could encounter in practice • What did you find challenging about the session? • Seeing the perspective of others • Talking to people I didn’t know • Observing things from different professional's points of view • What we did • A seminar series on service improvement seminars and integrated interprofessional problem based learning was developed • 3 seminars were held April and May 2011 • Delivered in the practice setting • Attendance was voluntary. • Sessions were facilitated by practice educators rather than university lecturers • Initial questionnaire was sent to the students to ascertain the their expectations from the seminars • Each session was evaluated • Focus group with the students at the end of the series of seminars