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The first annual meeting in theÌýIP-futureÌýproject gathered Norwegian and International collaboration partners and project members. Interprofessional education and collaborative learning was the focus during the two-day seminar, in the end of March.

Ane Johannessen, professor at Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care, head of TVEPS and PI in IP-future, emphasized the importance of coming together to share ideas and inspire each other.ÌýÌý

–ÌýTo have an in-person start-up with this newly established large research group of international high quality and actively blend researchers, health personnell, students and patient representatives has been a fabulous eye-opener showing us how international and interprofessional collaboration greatly exceeds the sum of its individual components.ÌýÌý

Through inspiring presentations and discussions, the core team of IP-future got valuable input and new thoughts to move the project forward. Deputy head of TVEPS, and IP-future work package leader Merethe Hustoft, HVL, elaborates:Ìý

–ÌýWorking collaboratively with a highly knowledgeable and experienced group of people is an enormous enrichment for our IP-future project.Ìý I am looking forward to embarking on the first work package of the project exploring interprofessional identity among students and health- and social care professionals in the municipality.ÌýÌýÌý

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Real workplace-based learning

With the research project «A circular educational framework to help solve healthcare challenges: interprofessional education and collaborative practice for the future» (IP-future) Ane Johannessen and team will launch a workplace-based IPE model with mutual benefits for all stakeholders involved: students, healthcare personnel, patients and educational institutions.ÌýÌýÌý

The projects mission is to build a better, more inclusive, and sustainable future through education, research and interprofessional collaboration.ÌýÌýÌý

– If we only teach students in their own discipline they don’t truly know how to work together. If we can teach students how to communicate and collaborate well with each other they will be able to be much more effective as soon as they graduate and therefor bring more teamwork across all of our systems, says Lynne Sinclair.ÌýÌý

Sinclair is one of the members of the IP-future International Advisory Board and founder of the Centre for Interprofessional Education at the University of Toronto. Sinclair praised the project for its real workplace-based learning approach.ÌýÌý

– What I love about this project is that it is real workplace-based learning. It is not students just being in the classroom. It is working with clinicians and helping to teach clinicians, so the students become the change agents to help redesign the system.Ìý

She also highlighted the project’s focus on primary care and the importance of teamwork in this sector, especially in the aftermath of the pandemic.ÌýÌý

–ÌýComing out of the pandemic, primary care is one of the most important sectors that we need to help. Teamwork and working better in teams will help that sector.Ìý

Amplifying impact through collaboration

Jan-Jaap Reinders, senior researcher and organizational psychologist at Hanze University of Applied Sciences, is part of the core group in IP-future. Reinders emphasized the collaborative efforts; everyone contributed with tools, ideas, and knowledge.ÌýÌý

– These exchanges help us better understand each other’s contexts, perspectives, and unique experiences - a crucial foundation for developing critical, constructive, practical, and systematic approaches to both IPE and collaborative practice. This shared understanding further strengthens the already innovative IP-future project plan, ensuring a strong future for interprofessional workplace learning in primary care.Ìý

The first annual meeting of IP-future has set a promising tone for the future, fostering global collaboration and innovative approaches to interprofessional education and practice. Ane Johannessen looks forward to the coming years:Ìý

– The interprofessional future looks bright, and we are super-excited to have started our efforts to move the research frontier in this field in a direction that will hopefully benefit both academia, students, health and social services and the everyday lives of patients and service users.