A national survey to map IPE in Ireland.

Interprofessional education (IPE) in Ireland is at an early stage. Currently, there is no data to reflect the amount and type of IPE occurring across the Island of Ireland. To support IPE implementation, data is needed on existing IPE which will identify gaps and foundations on which to build.

Interprofessional education and practice guide: profiling readiness for practice-based IPE.

Practice-based interprofessional education (IPE) is both a valuable and complex model of practice education. To support educators design, deliver, and implement high-quality practice-based IPE, this guideline was developed in conjunction with a placement profile. Underpinned by educational theory, this guideline and placement profile identifies key factors to consider before, during, and after practice-based IPE.

COVID-19 healthcare policies in Ireland: A rapid review of the initial pandemic response.

Aims: Healthcare systems urgently required policies to guide the response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The aim of this review was to document the healthcare policies developed during the initial wave of widespread COVID-19 transmission in Ireland. We further sought to determine the key focus and impact of these policies.

Inside-out: normalising practice-based IPE.

Practice-based interprofessional education (IPE), a key feature in developing a collaboration-ready workforce, is poorly integrated in healthcare curriculums. This study aimed to synthesise educator perspectives on implementing practice-based IPE and develop recommendations to inform sustainable practice-based IPE. An ethnographic case study was carried out at a school of allied health.

'It benefits patient care': the value of practice-based IPE in healthcare curriculums.

Background: Practice-based interprofessional education (IPE) is essential to prepare students for collaborative working. Pockets of practice-based IPE are integrated into healthcare curriculums in some regions. Yet practice-based IPE is not globally valued as a key element of healthcare curriculums.

Doing interprofessional research in the COVID-19 era: a discussion paper.

The COVID-19 pandemic, and ensuing physical distancing measures, poses challenges for researchers in the field of interprofessional care. Pandemic management has highlighted the centrality of interprofessional working to effective healthcare delivery during crises. It is essential to find ways to maintain interprofessional research that has commenced, while also designing research to capture important learning from pandemic management and response.

Why shouldn't we do that on placement if we're doing it in the real world? Differences between undergraduate and graduate identities in speech and language therapy.

Healthcare graduates are often characterised as ill-prepared for workplace entry. Historically, research on health professional's work preparedness has focused on the quality of graduates' clinical knowledge, skills and problem-solving. This ignores the role of professional identity formation in determining readiness for clinical practice.

Organization and system theories in interprofessional research: a scoping review.

In recent years, there has been an increasing impetus to define and develop theoretical foundations for interprofessional research. Currently, the theories cited in such research have often focused on individual and group learning. By comparison, organization and systems theories (OST) enable consideration of system and organization level factors.

'Bumping along': a qualitative metasynthesis of challenges to interprofessional placements.

Context: Interprofessional practice is required to manage complex health care needs globally. It is well established that interprofessional placements (IPP) prepare students to work collaboratively, yet IPP implementation remains limited and disjointed.

Objectives: This review synthesised student, educator and service user perspectives in order to better understand challenges of IPP and provide recommendations for sustainable IPP implementation.