The Centre for Excellence in Interprofessional Education NI

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The Centre for Excellence in Interprofessional
Education (NI)
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IPE Projects in Dentistry

• Preparing for the dental team
• Exploring prejudice in professional education
• Dental and dental care professionals learning
  together

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Dental Questionnaire

• Quantitative
• 19 item RIPLS
• 15 item dental and DCP roles and responsibilities

• Qualitative
• 5 open ended questions
• Experience
• Advantages Disadvantages
• Suitable subjects/areas
• Other comments

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Qualitative data themes

• Advantages
• Communication
• Teamwork
• Roles and responsibilities
• Learning and social support

• Disadvantages
• Uni-professional needs
• Professional prejudice
• Academic differences

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Professional prejudice

• Dental undergraduates having a higher level of
  education to begin with, leaving the DCP students
  feeling inadequate and unable to ask questions
  (DH)
• Hierarchy - DCP students may feel inferior (DS3)
• Dentists seem to have more responsibility, which
  may deter other students from participating fully
  in shared learning exercises (DS 2)
• Resentment of a higher of lower rank (DS 1)

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What will we do (1)?

• Interactive workshop for dental and DCP students
  to explore views on professional roles,
  responsibilities and prejudice

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What will we do (2)?

• Opportunities for learning together in a practice
  setting
• Opportunities for learning together in a
  simulated learning setting

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Conclusion

• Be aware of potential barriers
• Identify ways of limiting difficulties
• Practice focus benefits of teamwork and
  collaboration are apparent
• Contact //www.qub.ac.uk/ceipe/