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Right Start Forum

Team Health: Right Start Inter-professional Learning in Broken Hill

Presenter(s): Paul Bennett & Debra Jones Far West Local Health District, University of Sydney

27 February 2012

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Introduction & Background

The BHUDRH places approximately 430 students from across multiple universities and multiple disciplines into multiple host sites in Far West and Western NSW Rationale: To provide a structured IPL opportunity for

students undertaking their clinical fieldwork experience in Far Western NSW

Target Group: Undergraduate students from the disciplines of medicine, nursing, social work, physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy

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Aim & Methods

Aims Develop, deliver and evaluate IPL workshops

Provide a supportive learning environment

Enhance undergraduate knowledge on team care and IPL care planning

Explore quality person centred care as part of IPL

Methods

3 Stage program – Generic Case Scenario Stage 1 – Wk 1 Discipline Specific Groups – Care Planning Stage 2 – Wk 2 Report care plan – Create IPL groups and revisit Care Plan Stage 3 – Wk 3 Presentations of integrated care plans

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Results

Participants – Medicine n=4, Nursing n=4, Social Work n= 4, Physiotherapy n=4, Occupational Therapy n= 4 (Total n=20)

Positive change in attitude of participants and roles of others ‘Is that what Social Workers do!’’

Silo approaches already exist (Undergraduate level)

Emergent themes (Concept Maps)

Pre Post

Communication Understanding own profession

Respect Client focused care

Team building Routine IP meetings

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Conclusions & Lessons Learned

Capacity to condense program to 3 days Develop individual team case scenarios – enhance

engagement Divide groups into IPL teams at completion of Stage

1 2nd workshop scheduled for March 2012 Currently analysing data - RIPLs

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Where to from here?

2nd workshop – March 2012 Adapt and redeliver case scenarios Develop additional case scenarios Explore interactive non-acute case scenarios that

involve health and community agencies (Juvenile Justice, DoCs, Mission Australia, DEC)