title: Building a successful platform for interprofessional education for health professions in an Asian university.
abstract: Implementing Interprofessional Education (IPE) across health professions schools is challenging. Within an Asian context, academic staff at the National University of Singapore designed a platform to create a sustainable IPE effort. A two-pronged approach was developed to ensure adequate coverage of key concepts relating to IPE within each involved faculty. The Interprofessional Core Curricula (ICC) component ensures that each health profession student will be exposed to IPE concepts in their required curriculum. Interprofessional Enrichment Activities (IEA) incentivize further cross-faculty participation and progress within the IPE competency framework. Best practices and success factors were identified, while lessons learned led to further improvements. Adoption of this approach can help circumvent well-known barriers to implementation.
authors.affiliation: Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore. mdcjlj@nus.edu.sg
authors.forename: Joshua Levi
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Jacobs
authors.forename: Dujeepa D
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: Samarasekera
authors.forename: Wai Keung
authors.initials: WK
authors.lastname: Chui
authors.forename: Sui Yung
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.forename: Li Lian
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.forename: Sok Ying
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Liaw
authors.forename: Mui Ling
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.forename: Sally
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chan
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D006281:Health Occupations / Q000193:education*; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D007858:Learning; D016730:Program Development; D012846:Singapore; D013192:Staff Development; D014495:Universities / Q000458:organization & administration*