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This is a Exploratory evaluative research study.

September 10, 2025

A74 Evaluating the experiences of nursing and midwifery students participating in a multi-activity faculty wide interprofessional education day

Key Points

Students reported improved communication and collaboration from participation in interprofessional education activities.
A total of 49 students (40 nursing, 9 midwifery) completed evaluative questionnaires assessing their experience.
Evaluation utilized a validated questionnaire and thematic analysis to assess qualitative feedback on interprofessional education.
The findings indicate the need for strategic planning and faculty-wide commitment to enhance interprofessional education initiatives.

Abstract

Introduction: The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), the General Medical Council (GMC), and the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) all stipulate within their standards of education the requirement for students to be trained and prepared to work collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams. Despite this, the integration of meaningful Interprofessional Education (IPE) remains a significant challenge within the higher education sector. Barriers to success have been cited as a lack of skills and experience, staff commitment, logistics of collaboration, organisation, and sustainability 1-3. In November 2023 and March 2024, a total of 650 undergraduate students from various healthcare disciplines actively engaged in an extensive IPE initiative. The participants included those studying medicine, physician associate, midwifery, nursing, nutrition, counselling 28:243–277. 2. Lawlis TR, Anson J, Greenfield D. Barriers and enablers that influence sustainable interprofessional education: a literature review. Journal of Interprofessional Care. 2014;28(4):305e310. 3. O’Keefe M, Henderson A, Chick R. Defining a set of common interprofessional learning competencies for health profession students. Medical Teacher. 2017;39(5):463–468.

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