CAIPE Mission Statement

 

“CAIPE is a scholarly organisation that works nationally and internationally to generate, synthesise and translate the evidence base for best practice in interprofessional education (IPE) and collaborative practice (CP). It does this in order to influence health and social care policy for the improvement of health outcomes for all.”

CAIPE VALUES and Professional Conduct

 

Core values:

CAIPE will instil the following interprofessional values and perspectives in all their activities.

• Ensure high standards of academic rigour in all its scholarly activity.
• Pursue evidence for best practice in IPE and CP through open-minded
• Facilitate the dissemination of best evidence for IPE and CP to universities and health and care organisations.
• Demonstrate leadership of IPE and CP through integrity, honesty, and transparency
• Seek to improve the care offered to patients, carers/families and communities through progressing IPE and CP
• Embrace and work to ensure that anti-discriminatory practice is integral to all CAIPE’s work

The CAIPE board and members will:

• Act in the best interest of CAIPE at all times, bearing in mind its constitution as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation.
• Create and sustain a diverse and inclusive CAIPE board and membership which is based on mutual respect.
• Role model best practice in collaborative working through active listening, acknowledgement of different perspectives, courteous and considerate communication and constructive problem solving.
• Further CAIPE’s mission through active involvement in strategy development, projects, working groups, consultations, and other relevant activities.
• Advocate for the wider dissemination of the work of CAIPE.

CAIPE decision-making

CAIPE members will:

• Ensure principles of inclusivity are upheld when agreeing new strategy, policy, and processes for CAIPE.
• Recognise that decisions are reached through inclusive debate, discussion, and open dialogue.
• Promote open sharing for dialogue and discourse to understand and clarify concepts when seeking to make decisions on behalf of CAIPE.

Working with patients, families, carers and communities

• Involve patients, carers, families and communities in the work of CAIPE
• Respect and uphold the values of patients, and those caring for them
• Listen to patients, carers, families and communities as we learn with, from and about them

Interprofessional research, education and practice

• Seek and embrace new knowledge and expertise in the fields of IPE and CP.
• Promote collaboration and integrated working across health and social care, to improve the quality of care and outcomes for all.
• Respect individuality, difference, and diversity within and between professional groups.
• Apply equal opportunities within and between professional groups.

Partnerships

• Work in partnership with relevant stakeholders, in order to stimulate and expand IPE and CP.
• Share knowledge and best practice with stakeholders, drawing on others’ expertise and creating networks to develop new ideas.
• Encourage student leadership of IPE in order to grow the next generation of collaborative practitioners.

 

GLOSSARY OF TERMS USED

 

Best Evidence

Best evidence, as applied in this document, can be derived from practice or research.

 

Community

Community refers to populations with a common theme such as people living in inner city or rural settings; specific groups who experience a health or social care need, for example, homeless people, people with a similar diagnosis; groups with the same protected characteristics or socioeconomic backgrounds.

 

Patient

The term patient is used throughout this document, but we acknowledge that other terms such as service user and client are preferred in some health and social care settings.

The CAIPE Board 2021 - 2022

PRESIDENT

Hugh Barr, MPhil, Ph.D., Hon DSc

Employment: CAIPE President

Qualifications:  Mphil, PhD

Awards:  Hon. DSc (3) (Kingston, UEA and Southampton); Hon Fellow (Westminster)

Summary Statement:

In active retirement, supports the CAIPE co-Chair and Board regarding policy and developments.

Responds readily to enquiries regarding interprofessional education and practice past and present insofar as he is able.

 

JOINT CAIPE CHAIR

July 2021 -ongoing

Professor Elizabeth (Liz) Anderson PhD

Employment: Professor of Interprofessional Education and Lead for Patient Safety; Leicester Medical School, George Davies Centre for Medicine, University Road, Leicester, LE1 7RH. esa1@le.ac.uk

Qualifications: SRN, SCM, HV, BSc. (Hons), PhD, PGC in HE.

Awards: University Teaching Fellow 2005; National Teaching Fellow, 2007; Senior Fellow Higher Education Academy 2012; CAIPE Fellow 2016

Summary Statement:

Following a clinical career as a nurse, midwife and Health Visitor, Elizabeth has become a highly experienced teacher and scholar, particularly in the field of interprofessional education (IPE).  She has built a national and international reputation of publications over the past twenty years.  She led the incorporation of IPE into the Leicester medical curriculum bringing together three Higher Education Institutions.  She Chairs the University Patient and Carer Group and continues to propel patient involvement which is closely aligned with IPE.  She also leads research in patient safety and mindfulness. She began working with CAIPE in 2000 as a co-opted board member and has continued to support the CAIPE community as an elected board member and more recently as a CAIPE Fellow.  She will now lead CAIPE following the principles of collaborative leadership with Dr Angela Lennox.

 

Dr Angela Lennox CBE DL

Employment: General Practitioner; Deputy Medical Director NHS England and Improvement (London) and Honorary Visiting Senior Clinical Fellow, University of Leicester; Leicester Medical School, George Davies Centre for Medicine, University Road, Leicester, LE1 7RH. E: AL421@le.ac.uk

Qualifications: MBBS, MRCGP, FRCP.

Awards: MBE, CBE, DL.

Summary Statement:

Dr Lennox has worked in the NHS for the past 40 years as a General Medical Practitioner and entrepreneur who pioneered the development of multiagency health and social care centres. She has worked extensively in senior medical leadership positions and was an advisor to a former Secretary of State for Health, as well as an Associate Director of Primary Care for the Department of Health. She currently fulfils a number of roles in the NHS and third sector leading on clinical governance, quality assurance and performance. Additionally, she was a Senior Lecturer in the University of Leicester where in 1996 she pioneered a model of inter-professional education for all healthcare staff. Dr Lennox is currently a Medical Director in NHS England and Improvement, as well as a Trustee for the national homeless charity - Homeless Link.

In 1999 Angela was awarded the MBE for Services to Medicine and the Community; in 2001 she was appointed Deputy Lieutenant of Leicestershire and in 2008 she was awarded the CBE for Services to Healthcare.

TREASURER

Pat Bluteau MA, BA(Hons), RMN, PGCert Research & Evaluation, Cert Ed, Dip Counselling. FHEA, MBACP

Pat is an Associate Head of School – Quality & Accreditation in the School of Nursing, Midwifery & Health, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, at Coventry University. She joined the CAIPE Board in 2013 and was appointed Treasurer in 2017. Pat has been actively involving in leading IPE at Coventry University since 2002. During her time with CAIPE Pat has served on the following CAIPE groups: Student, Service User & Carer, Marketing & Promotion, and is currently active in the IPE national standards.

Her IPE research interests concentrate on the challenges and opportunities of designing, developing, implementing, and evaluating interprofessional education in pre-registration health and social care professional courses, online interprofessional education, digital resilience, practice based interprofessional activity and discourse analysis.

 

BOARD MEMBERS

 

Laura Chalmers   RGN  RNT  BA   MSc.  FHEA  PG Cert.

Employment:  Head of the Centre for Employability and Community Engagement

Qualifications:  MSc. BA, RGN, RNT, SFHEA

Summary Statement:

Laura Chalmers is the Head of the Centre for Collaborative and Interprofessional Practice and head Centre for Employability and Community Engagement at Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen.  A person-centred practitioner with a background in critical care nursing, Laura is committed to collaborative learning and working with all stakeholders to enhance collaborative practice.  An educator for many years following a career in intensive care nursing and education, she focuses on creating learning spaces for students and educators in clinical, classroom and online settings and is interested in immersive, creative approaches to learning and teaching. Working in close collaboration with individuals and groups has been a continuous and consistent thread throughout her career in both health and education and is committed to collaborative practice, interdisciplinary and interprofessional learning, building communities of practice. She is currently working across the university to facilitate interdisciplinary education to enable students to learn with, from and about each other and their graduate roles in addition to supporting staff in finding ways to collaborate effectively.

Laura is the convenor of the Values Based Practice Interprofessional Education and Practice Network at The Collaborating Centre for Values-based practice in Health and Social Care, St.Catherines College, University of Oxford. The aim of the Network is to explore and develop the two-way relationship between IPE (Interprofessional Education and Practice) and VBP (Values-based Practice). She is a member of the CAIPE Board and is active in the Learning and Teaching, National Standard development groups and the CAIPE international liaison working groups.

Laura is the Clinical Director for Schwartz Rounds @RGU and has introduced and developed the integration of Schwartz Rounds reflective practice across RGU. Leading initiatives to develop collaborative practice Laura has also introduced the Deliberative Practice Network to RGU, bringing together the student voice in everyday problem-solving approach which balances personal, social and clinical factors in order to support effective, justifiable decisions. Critical thinking, wicked problem solving, collaborative practice and a developing soap box culture are at the heart of Laura’s work.

 

Professor Alison Machin. PhD MSc PGCE BSc(Hons) DPSN RHV RGN FHEA

Alison is Professor of Nursing and Interprofessional Education and Head of the Department of Nursing, Midwifery and Health, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Northumbria University; a large Department of 152 staff and 3000 students. She is also currently the Northumbria strategic lead for a high profile, international nurse education collaborative venture in Malta. Alison has a large portfolio of Doctoral research supervision and is an experienced PhD examiner. She is also an Associate Editor with the Journal of Interprofessional Care and actively involved with CAIPE, the Centre for the Advancement of Interprofessional Education. Alison joined Northumbria University in 1999 as a Senior Lecturer in adult nursing. In 2003 she was appointed as Director of Interprofessional Education, with Principal Lecturer responsibility for the strategic development of interprofessional education across health and social care pre-registration programmes. Alison also played a lead role in a national DoH funded initiative to embed service improvement learning into pre-registration health curricula.  She has led Post Graduate taught programmes in public health, enhancing the learning experience of both UK and international students. Prior to joining the University she worked for 11 years as a Registered Nurse and as a Health Visitor supporting the health and wellbeing of individuals, families and communities. Her research interests include: interprofessional education; nursing and healthcare collaborative workforce development; health visiting; and public health; using qualitative methodologies including grounded theory.

 

Dr Nichola McLarnon. BMedSc(Hons) PgC PhD MChS FHEA FCPodMed FFPM RCPS (Glas)

Employment:

Glasgow Caledonian University

Qualifications:

BMedSc(Hons) PgC PhD MChS HCPC Registered

Awards:

FHEA FCPodMed FFPM RCPS(Glas)

Summary Statement:

Associate Dean Learning Teaching & Quality, Glasgow Caledonian University.  Nichola has worked at Glasgow Caledonian University for a number of years and her current roles are that of Associate Dean Learning Teaching and Quality for the School of Health and Life Sciences and Strategic Lead for Interprofessional Education.  Nichola has been involved in the development and delivery of interprofessional education (IPE) within the University for the past 15+ years.  Nichola successfully led the review and reapproval of the School’s IPE Framework (approved in 2014) encompassing all of the allied health, nursing and social work programmes - which received a number of commendations for its distinctiveness and innovation from both regulatory and professional bodies. Additionally, Nichola has been integrally involved in the delivery and assessment of interprofessional education at GCU, having successfully led interprofessional modules, delivered to 1000+ students per year, across two institutions, 16 disciplines and by 20+ facilitators per trimester.  Nichola has acted as an External Examiner for and has successful supervised/ is supervising a number of ProfDs/ PhDs in the area of interprofessional education.  As an institution, GCU hold CAIPE corporate membership, for which Nichola is the named IPE Champion/ contact.

Having been instrumental in the leadership/delivery of IPE within the University she has presented at a number of national and international conferences, including All Together Better Health conferences.  Nichola was a member of the development team for the inaugural Scottish Health and Social Care Team Challenge (SHSCTC) in 2014, successful co-led the second SHSCTC at Glasgow Caledonian University in April 2016.

As a CAIPE Board member Nichola is engaged in the CAIPE Workshops and Consultancy and Scotland Representation.

 

Emma Smith

Emma is an ex service user and currently out of practise speech and language therapist- SLT. Emma became a service user following an RTA in 2002 close to SLT degree completion. Her recovery from significant injuries utalised a plethora of professionals and interprofessional working.

Emma has a passion for IPE working and has been actively involved with the development of it as a service user representative, with Leicester and De Montfort Universities medical, health and social schools since 2008. Developing use and understanding of IPE with current and future professionals. She is an ambassador for the University of Leicester’s medical patient Carer Group.

Emma feels the service user is key and an essential part of the team. Emma has worked with CAIPE at presentations and workshops, and through online conversations. She was a co-opted service user representative member on the board of CAIPE in 2016, and a board member since 2018.

 

Dr Andreas Xyrichis 

Employment:

King’s College London

Qualifications:

PhD, MSc, PGCAP, BSc (Hons), DipHE

Awards:

Fellow Higher Education Academy (FHEA)

Summary Statement:

Andreas Xyrichis is the Editor-in-Chief of the international Journal of Interprofessional Care – the most influential academic journal in the field of interprofessional science, ranked in the top quartile of Thomson-Reuters impact factor list of Health Policy & Services journals. He is a senior academic researcher at King’s College London, England, having previously held clinical, research and policy posts in London and Brussels. His training has been in nursing, research methodology, health policy and sociology. Andreas' research focuses on strengthening the organisation and delivery of healthcare, towards improving the accessibility, safety and quality of healthcare systems. He is also an active educationalist working with the King’s Centre for Team-Based Practice and Learning in Health Care, which oversees the delivery of interprofessional education for over 1,500 students/year from medicine, nursing, midwifery, pharmacy, physiotherapy, dentistry, dietetics, and clinical psychology.

 

Juan-Jose Beunza, MD, PhD, SM1, MMed

Medical doctor specialised in Internal and Tropical Medicine, with a PhD in Cardiovascular and Nutrition Epidemiology (SM1 at Harvard T.S. Chang School of Public Health). Special interest in machine learning, artificial intelligence and Rstats applied to health.

Currently Professor of Public Health and Interprofessional Education at the School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Universidad Europea de Madrid. Founder, and currently co-director, of the IPE Program of the same School. Visiting professor of the Universidad de Navarra (Pamplona, Spain) and of the Universidad Internacional de Cataluña (Barcelona, Spain).

Member of the Board of Directors of CAIPE.

Member of the editorial board of the Journal of Interprofessional Care.

Member of the IMPULS research team.

Close collaborator with PAHO/WHO and the Ministry of Health of Brazil in the design and implementation of IPE in Latin America. Currently involved in the development of the national plans of: Brazil, Chile, Uruguay and Colombia.

60+ publications indexed in Pubmed. H-index: 19. Editor of the “Manual of IPE for health”, Elsevier, Madrid, 2018. ISBN: 978-84-9113-296-7. Author of “Working with aliens: emotions management on IPE”. Ilusbooks, Madrid, 2016. ISBN: 978-84-1657-430-8.

 

Sharon Buckley MSC PhD PGCE SFHEA DipSciComm National Teaching Fellow Senior Lecturer in Medical Education University of Birmingham  s.g.buckley@bham.ac.uk

A microbiologist by background, Sharon is an experienced educator with a strong record in expanding IPE opportunities. She has worked with Birmingham students to establish the Knowledge and Skills Exchange IPE Society and led the Health Care Team Challenge (West Midlands) 2015, the first such to be held in England. In 2012, Sharon established the College of Medical and Dental Sciences IPE steering group, which works to embed IPE into health professions programme curricula. Since 2005, Sharon has led four major regional IPE projects, focussing particularly on the development of authentic IP simulations for pre-registration students.

Sharon is a member of the Best Evidence Medical Education (BEME) collaboration editorial committee and has published aspects of her work including a BEME review of the integration of tools for structured team communication into health professions curricula. She is principal investigator for a national evaluation of the National School of Healthcare Science Scientist Training Programme, focussing on issues of professional identity, career progression and integration into the healthcare workforce; and is working with the Health Education England to establish evaluation of their Genomics Education Programme .

The Higher Education Academy awarded Sharon a National Teaching Fellowship (2010). This year, the University of Birmingham has invited Sharon to become a Fellow of the University’s new Higher Education Futures institute, which works to develop innovative and effective university teaching and learning.

 

Linda Eyre BSc (Hons), AKC, RN, GPN

Registered Adult Nurse specialised in General Practice.  Trainee Advance Nurse Practitioner.

Currently a full time Masters in Clinical Research(MRes) student at the Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery & Palliative Care at King’s College London. Completing September 2018.

CAIPE member since 2014; CAIPE Student Board member since 2016.

Member of the Board of Directors of CAIPE and co-lead Communication & Marketing Team since 2017

Member of the editorial board and Editorial Fellow of the Journal of Interprofessional Care since 2017

2017 John Horder award recipient

Linda has also worked with CAIPE as a keynote speaker, giving presentations and workshops and local and national Interprofessional conferences and events.

 

Chris Sanders 

A GP partner and educator at the University of Leicester medical school, I have in more recent years been involved in the Health Enhancement Programme (HEP) for medical students. Essentially a mindfulness based lifestyle programme, teaching this module has required me to understand the evidence and practice behind mindfulness as applied to medicine. I am also acutely aware on a day to day basis of the pressure of practicing medicine in the current climate in the UK, and the value of having strategies to use to mitigate this. I have a keen interest in Interprofessional education (IPE), holistic healthcare and sustainable living. My most important job, however, is being a father to two children. I enjoy cycling and the occasional triathlon too.

 

Melissa Owens

Employment:

University of Bradford

Qualifications:

Doctorate of Education; Post Grad Cert in Research Studies; BA (Hons) RN:LD

Summary Statement:

Following a career as a nurse for people with learning disabilities, Melissa moved into education and is currently an Associate Professor at the University of Bradford and the lead for Interprofessional Education in her Faculty.  Melissa has been involved in the development and delivery of interprofessional education for more than 15 years.  She has developed interprofessional modules and delivered interprofessional events both in the university and the practice setting.  Collaborative working was the focus of her Doctorate and she has also been involved in a number of research projects focusing both on this and interprofessional education.  Melissa is the lead for CAIPE’s Research Sub-Group and is a member of IPR.Global.

 

Amira Chaudhry

 

 

Emma Pope

 

 

Suzy Plows

 

Employment:

Manager, Centre for Interprofessional Education and Learning, University of Nottingham

Qualifications:

Master of Public Health; PgCert, Health Policy; B.A., Anthropology

Summary Statement:

Suzy is the Manager of the Centre for Interprofessional Education and Learning (CIEL) at the University of Nottingham. Her background is in public health, health policy and anthropology, and she has spent the last 16 years working in higher education.

Suzy co-leads the Communication and Marketing Team and is a member of the Interprofessional.Global Communication Working Group.

 

Alison Power RM, SFHEA, MProfPrac, MSc, PGCTHE, PGCPE

Employment:

Associate Professor (Learning and Teaching); Faculty of Health, Education and Society Lead for Interprofessional Education (IPE); Senior Lecturer (Midwifery)

University of Northampton, Waterside Campus, University Drive, Northampton NN1 5PH

Qualifications:

RM, SFHEA, MProfPrac, MSc, PGCTHE, PGCPE, BSc

Summary Statement:

Alison, a Registered Midwife, moved into Higher Education in 2006, initially as a Practice Educator, moving to Senior Lecturer (Midwifery) in 2008, and was awarded the title of Associate Professor (Learning and Teaching) in 2021.  She is the Faculty Lead for Interprofessional Education (IPE), co-ordinating a cross-Faculty collaborative curriculum for 16 undergraduate and 1 postgraduate health, education and social care programmes.  She has written a higher education-focused column in a peer reviewed professional journal (British Journal of Midwifery) since 2014 and joined its Editorial Board in 2019.  She has to date had more than 40 articles published within the journal focusing on learning, teaching and assessment in HE - more specifically healthcare education.

She is Co-lead of CAIPE’s Experience Research Subgroup.

PRESIDENT

Hugh Barr, MPhil, Ph.D., Hon DSc

CO-CHAIRS

Dr Angela Lennox

Professor Elizabeth Anderson

TEAM MEMBERS

Susanne Lindqvist

 

Sharon Buckley

 

Dawne Gurbutt

 

Pat Bluteau

The Award of the title 'Honorary Fellow' of the Centre for the Advancement of Interprofessional Education

At the CAIPE Board meeting in February 2016 it was agreed to offer the Award of CAIPE Honorary Fellow.

This a prestigious title awarded to an individual who is a CAIPE member and has made significant and outstanding contributions to IPE, collaborative working and the organisation of CAIPE. It is awarded in anticipation that the individual will continue with on-going activity with and for CAIPE as long as they remain a CAIPE member.

The title of Honorary Fellow is awarded by the CAIPE Board on the recommendation of a specifically appointed panel for the purpose (Nomination Committee). This committee will consider applications that are supported by nomination by two members of CAIPE and the presentation by the nominee of supplementary evidence of meeting the award criteria.

Guidance on process and procedure for the award of the title 'Honorary Fellow' of the Centre for the Advancement of Interprofessional Education can be found below. This is followed by general information on the nomination of Honorary Fellows.

Honorary Fellowship Application and Nomination Form

CAIPE Honorary Fellow Award Policy

 

Current CAIPE Fellows

Liz Anderson

Elizabeth Anderson is Professor of Interprofessional Education at Leicester Medical School where she is also lead for patient safety. After completing a graduate nursing course at St Bartholomew’s Hospital London, she moved to Leicester where she worked as a Midwife and Health Visitor. Her PhD on Sudden Infant Death syndrome, led her into an NHS Trust research post where she explored service design for disadvantaged marginalised populations.  Elizabeth moved from health care research to scholarship in Medical Education where she led innovative practice-based educational interventions, underpinned with theoretical insights. She served on the Board for the Disability Partnership, ‘The Prince of Wales Advisory Group on Disability’ while supporting education on disability awareness.  She has also served on the Board for the UK Centre for the Advancement of Interprofessional Education  and in 2016, she was awarded a CAIPE Fellowship for her contributions to interprofessional learning (IPL). Elizabeth was awarded a National Teaching Fellowship by the Higher Education Academy for outstanding contributions to education in 2007.  She is widely published in the area of IPL in practice.  She continues to develop placement interprofessional learning opportunities recently in a new integrated care module. She advocated for patient involvement and runs a Patient and Carer Group to align patient involvement in the design and delivery of professional education.

Dawne Gurbutt

Dawne is Head of Collaborative Education at the University of Central Lancashire. She is based in the Centre of Excellence for Learning and Teaching,  and leads on Interprofessional and Interdisciplinary Education across the institution.  She has a keen interest in integrated working,  collaborative practice and community engagement,  which reflects her background as a community practitioner.  She joined the CAIPE Board in June 2018 . She is a member of the CAIPE group for Learning and Teaching.   Her research interests include : Interprofessional and Interdisciplinary Learning. Technology Enhanced Learning, Narrative research and Service User Engagement.

Richard Gray

Richard Gray has been a member of the CAIPE board, CAIPE executive group and was CAIPE Chair 2013-17. He was privileged to have been awarded a CAIPE Honorary Fellowship in 2018. He is an Honorary Faculty Fellow, University of Brighton.

Richard was a general practitioner in Brighton for many years. He initially was involved with postgraduate medical education having been a  GP Tutor, GP trainer and  Associate Dean for Postgraduate General Practice Medical Education South East Thames. In 1989 he was awarded FRCGP. He has an MA in Education (University of Sussex) and an EdD (University of Brighton). In 2000 he was awarded an NHS Executive Research Training Fellowship to Johns Hopkins Medical School, Baltimore.

Later he was involved with undergraduate education and was appointed Principal Lecturer in Primary Care and interprofessional disciplinary lead at the Brighton and Sussex Medical School. In this role he was member of the curriculum planning team for the new medical school and was involved in the design and implementation of the undergraduate first and second year clinical practice modules which included IPE involving nursing, midwifery, pharmacy, social work and medical students. In 2010 Richard received  an Annual Education Award presented by Department of General Practice Education, KSS Deanery in recognition of regional services to medical education.

More recently, Richard  chaired the Steering Group for the Oxford 2016 ATBH VIII conference and following this was appointed Convenor of the Values Based Interprofessional Education and Practice Network at The Collaborating Centre for Values Based Practice, St Catherine's College, Oxford. Richard has also been working with Elizabeth Howkins in developing a series of digital stories relating to IPE which are now available on the CAIPE website. He has worked with Jenny Ford and HEE South in publishing an IPE Handbook to be used in practice (see).

His current interests include: Preparation and support of teachers involved with IPE; Values based interprofessional education and practice; Patient safety; and Collaborative leadership.

Susanne Lindqvist

Susanne is Director of the Centre for Interprofessional Practice (CIPP) and Professor of Interprofessional Practice.  She is also Director of Learning and Teaching Quality for Norwich Medical School at the University of East Anglia (UEA).  Susanne is since 2016 proud to be a CAIPE Fellow and together with likeminded colleagues work towards a vision where “all professionals put interprofessional practice at the heart of their service by providing integrated and high quality care that is person-centred, compassionate, efficient and safe”.

Susanne joined CIPP in 2002, initially to set up a pilot with healthcare students.  The purpose of the initiative was to give students an opportunity to learn with, from and about each other allowing them to develop knowledge, skills, attitudes, values and behaviour that underpin effective interprofessional practice and high quality care.  The initial pilot turned out to be a success and as a result she was asked to extend IPL to involve all health and social care students.  In 2016-2017 CIPP offered a number of different opportunities of IPL to ~ 3000 students across twelve different professions.  From 2017-18 delivery of pre-registration IPL transitioned to schools with Susanne as CIPP Director taking on the role of supporting the ongoing development and quality assurance of the provision of IPL at UEA.

Since 2018, Susanne and CIPP will work with the local Trusts in meeting the increasing needs and expectations of our future healthcare practitioners by promoting networking and innovation in interprofessional practice - in teaching and research.  Working together with others both locally, nationally and internationally has been a key ingredient in CIPP’s and Susanne’s approach to finding the best way forward in the joint attempt at providing meaningful opportunities for learning and working together that lead to real improvements in patient/client care.  Susanne is currently undertaking a training to become an accredited coach for senior leaders so that she can actively help promote the overall aim of CIPP by supporting people to develop and optimise their leadership skills.

A History of CAIPE - John Horder