Implementing IPE in a Workplace Setting: Educational Design Research Promotes Transformative Participation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Educators struggle to implement Interprofessional Education (IPE) in workplace settings. We adopted an educational design research (EDR) approach to implement an IPE activity and establish design principles supporting IPE implementation in workplace settings.

Method

We adopted an iterative process of analysis/exploration, design/construction and evaluation/reflection. We performed a scoping review, visited examples of IPE initiatives and involved workplace professionals to define preliminary design principles for implementation. An IPE activity was implemented where students from nursing, midwifery and medicine care for patients together. Continuous reflection during the EDR process supported the refinement of design principles.

Results

We describe 14 desig

SUBMITTER: Versluis MAC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11758813 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature