Afri-VIPE

Step 1

Please click the Zoom Registration button below to sign-up for the event. REGISTRATION EXTENDED: you must register before 11:59pm on Friday October 9, 2021.

Synchronous Event Zoom Registration

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Virtual Interprofessional Education (VIPE) Information and Introduction

The IPE Online Team (click here)

World Health Organization Definition of Interprofessional Education (IPE) and Collaborative Practice:

"Interprofessional education occurs when students from two or more professions learn about, from, and with each other to enable effective collaboration and improve health outcomes.
Interprofessional education is a necessary step in preparing a 'collaborative practice-ready' health workforce that is better prepared to respond to local health needs.
A collaborative practice-ready health worker is someone who has learned how to work in an interprofessional team and is competent to do so.
Collaborative practice happens when multiple health workers from different professional backgrounds work together with patients, families, careers, and communities to deliver the highest quality of care. It allows health workers to engage any individual whose skills can help achieve local health goals."

Goal of VIPE:

The goal of VIPE is to provide virtual health care students from multiple universities with an interprofessional orientation and virtual training experience in the care of patients across the continuum of care, with an emphasis in promoting their physical, psychological, social, and spiritual well-being through collaborative health care practices.

VIPE Learning Objectives:

This experience will allow participants to work towards competency in the following interprofessional objectives derived from the IPEC Core Competencies for Interprofessional Collaborative Practice.

VE4.	Respect the unique cultures, values, roles/responsibilities, and expertise of other health professions and the impact these factors can have on health outcomes.
VE8.	Manage ethical dilemmas specific to interprofessional patient/ population centered care situations.
RR3.	Engage diverse professionals who complement one’s own professional expertise, as well as associated resources, to develop strategies to meet specific health and healthcare needs of patients and populations.
RR10.	Describe how professionals in health and other fields can collaborate and integrate clinical care and public health interventions to optimize population health.
CC3.	Express one’s knowledge and opinions to team members involved in patient care and population health improvement with confidence, clarity, and respect, working to ensure common understanding of information, treatment, care decisions, and population health programs and policies.
CC4.	Listen actively, and encourage ideas and opinions of other team members.
CC8.	Communicate the importance of teamwork in patient-centered care and population health programs and policies.
TT3.	Engage health and other professionals in shared patient-centered and population- focused problem-solving.
TT10.	Use available evidence to inform effective teamwork and team-based practices.

Students will work in interprofessional (IP) teams that include a faculty preceptor and a number of health profession students in a virtual online setting to:

describe the principles of interprofessional care,
describe the roles of healthcare professionals and their scope of practice as it relates to this case,
discuss why prevention and community-based resources are important,
collaborate with a geographically and professionally diverse group of students to identify similarities and differences in developing health care solutions, and
explore the need for counseling, advocacy and follow-up care.

VIPE Format

Students will:

Work in student teams, representing health disciplines from multiple universities
Be assigned an IPE faculty mentor
Attend an online virtual Interprofessional education session
Engage in a simulation/discussion of Interprofessional care through a case vignette
Students will complete ICCAS and UWE Interprofessional Questionnaire surveys

Timeline for Event
October 11th, 2021

10:00am-10:10am EST: Introduction by Afri-VIPE team
10:10am-10:20am EST: Breakout Group Facilitators exit Seminar room to breakout rooms and await students
10:10am-10:20am EST: Participants exit Seminar room and enter corresponding breakout rooms
10:20am-11:20am EST: Breakout groups analyze the patient case, execute on IPE objectives, and prepare for presentation
11:20am-11:25am EST: Rejoin the main group
11:25am-11:55am EST: Group presentations on case results
11:55am-12:00pm EST: Closing

Time Zones:

EST: 10am-12pm
PST: 7am-9am
South Africa: 4pm-6pm
UK: 3pm-5pm
Zimbabwe: 4pm-6pm
Kenya: 5pm-7pm

Step 2

Be sure to complete the consent form below prior to the synchronous event:

Consent Form

Step 3

Review the following material BEFORE attending the Virtual IPE Event on October 11th:

Supplemental Videos (link to videos, click here)
Roles and Responsibilities (click here)
Case Study (click here)

Think about the following in preparation for the VIPE breakout session:

Discuss and identify the key health and social issues affecting the patient and family.
Discuss and present a care plan/interventions, that addresses all the issues affecting the patient and family.
Discuss how you would ensure all your interventions are effective.