Introduction of Interprofessional Education in Turkey with Appropriate Learning Theories

Year 2013, Issue: 8, 75 - 92, 23.07.2016

Sezer Domac

Abstract

Interprofessional learning is embedded within health and social care professional curricula in many countries. Interprofessional learning has become synonymous with modernization of helping to breakdown traditional ways of teaching, preparing students in a reformed and innovative ways. The new learning methods will enhance the team working and partnership work once health and social care students are educated together that will prepare them to work collaboratively in delivering their professional input more efficiently. There is a need to install mechanisms of quality assurance for interprofessional education programmes by creating specific working models, procedures and tools in Turkey. There is a plethora of learning theories that could be adapted to interprofessional learning. IPE is the only way of developing more team work approaches to the multi-faceted health and social care problems that patients experience. There are many learning theories related to interprofessional education some of which were presented in this article in a broader way

Keywords

Interprofessional education (IPE), collaborative practice, interdisciplinary team work, health and social work education, curriculum alignment

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