What is CAIPE?
Established in 1987, CAIPE is a UK-based charity with international outreach whose members (individuals, service users, students and corporate organisations) work together to promote and develop the health and wellbeing of individuals, families and communities through interprofessional education, collaborative practice and related research facilitating the development of a workforce fit for purpose.
It is an independent ‘think tank’, accountable and responsible for its actions, dependent on funding from members’ subscriptions and income generation. It aspires to be a national and international authoritative voice respected equally by governments, academia and in the workplace.
CAIPE in 1997 initially defined Interprofessional Education as: occasions when two or more professions learn together with the objective of cultivating collaborative practice (CAIPE Bulletin Nos 13 1997 go to page 19). In 2002 the definition was amended to: “occasions when two or more professions learn with, from and about each other to improve collaboration and the quality of care” (download). Extending CAIPE’s definition we recognise interprofessional education as occasions when members or students of two or more professions learn with, from and about each other to improve collaboration and the quality of care and services (Statement of Purpose CAIPE 2016). Applying that definition, CAIPE works to improve quality in education, practice and the organisation and delivery of health and social care services:
- Working with statutory and independent, professional and regulatory bodies locally, nationally and internationally;
- Assembling and disseminating information;
- Running conferences and workshops;
- Offering consultancies.
CAIPE supports students, educators, practitioners, researchers and users of services inviting those who opt to be its members (individuals, services users, students or corporate organisations) to:
- Engage in mutual support;
- Access online interprofessional national and international resources through publications, including the Journal of Interprofessional of Care;
- Contribute to CAIPE’s work through its Working Groups;
- Respond with CAIPE to opportunities to influence policy and practice;
- Access funding opportunities.
CAIPE works with likeminded organisations to further these objectives at home and abroad (see). It is one of a growing number of networks confederating in Interprofessional.Global (IP.G) which subscribes to the same ideals worldwide and oversees the biennial All Together Better Health (ATBH) conferences see.
CAIPE commends the following values where interprofessional education and collaborative practice:
- Focuses on the needs of individuals, families and communities to improve their quality of care, health outcomes and wellbeing;
- Applies equal opportunities within and between the professions and all with whom they learn and work;
- Respects individuality, difference and diversity within and between the professions and all with whom they learn and work;
- Sustains the identity and expertise of each profession;
- Promotes parity between professions in the learning environment;
- Instils interprofessional values and perspectives throughout uniprofessional and multiprofessional learning.
CAIPE (2011) Principles of Interprofessional Education (Barr, H. & Low, H.)
CAIPE honours these ideals by:
- respecting and valuing all who learn together;
- striving for excellence in collaborative education, research and practice;
- contributing to vibrant communities of practice;
- furthering innovation, creativity and diversity;
- empowering its members to bring about change.
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 & 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.
CAIPE Chair
Susanne Lindqvist
Professor Susanne Lindqvist is Chair of the UK Centre for the Advancement of Interprofessional Education (CAIPE). She serves as Professor of Interprofessional Practice and Director of the Centre for Interprofessional Practice (CIPP) at the University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK. In addition, she is Head of Year 1 MB BS at Norwich Medical School, a trained coach for senior leaders, and a Visiting Professor at Molde University College in Norway.
Since joining CAIPE in 2004, Susanne has been actively involved in the design, delivery, evaluation, and research of interprofessional education and collaborative practice (IPECP). She contributes to several national and international advisory boards, supporting organisations in developing, embedding, and sustaining interprofessional learning and working practices among students and staff. In recognition of her contributions, she was awarded Honorary Fellowship of CAIPE in 2016.
Appointed CAIPE Chair in November 2026, Susanne is committed to advancing CAIPE’s mission and strategic objectives. She looks forward to working alongside trustees and members to strengthen interprofessional education and collaborative practice, an approach more vital than ever in addressing challenges and improving outcomes across health and social care.
Treasurer
Pat Bluteau
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
Dr Sharron Blumenthal
Sharron is an experienced academic leader with expertise in cardiorespiratory physiotherapy, interprofessional education (IPE), internationalisation, and cultural competence.
Her clinical background is in cardiorespiratory physiotherapy, developed through practice at Royal Brompton Hospital and the University Hospital of North Staffordshire.
Sharron joined Glasgow Caledonian University in 2004 as a Lecturer and was appointed Associate Dean in 2016. In March 2020, she returned to Physiotherapy and interprofessional education and is currently a Senior Lecturer in Physiotherapy and Strategic Lead for interprofessional education within the School of Health and Life Sciences (SHLS).
As a former Associate Dean, Sharron has played a significant role in international partnership development and international strategy at both School and University levels. As a physiotherapy academic, she has extensive expertise in curriculum development across physiotherapy and interprofessional education.
Interprofessional education has been her primary area of expertise since 2004, and she has presented her work nationally and internationally. She co-led the development of the SHLS Interprofessional Education Framework in 2014, became IPE Lead for Allied Health Professionals and Social Work in 2021, and was appointed to the Strategic Lead role in December 2023. She is currently leading the review of the IPE framework, scheduled for implementation in 2026, and has also led the development of the School IPE Strategy.
Sharron has been involved in numerous interprofessional practice-based projects, including work with the British Thoracic Society to develop interprofessional guidelines for Non-Invasive Ventilation (2002). She also contributed to the Joint British Thoracic Society and Association of Physiotherapists in Respiratory Care (ACPRC) Guidelines for the physiotherapy management of the adult, medical, spontaneously breathing patient (2009), serving as co-lead for Section Six, focusing on the management of patients with neuromuscular disease.
Mark Dexter
Professor Federico Farini
Federico Farini's (Ph.D. Sociology) academic background is rooted in Social Sciences, with a Ph.D. in Sociology of Intercultural Communication (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, 2008), MA in Social Anthropology (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, 2005) and a second MA in Social History (University of Bologna, 2002). For nearly 20 years, several successful research bids have made it possible for Prof Farini to apply knowledge and skills to empirical investigations. He has been researching professionally through national and international projects in the fields of Sociology of Intercultural Communication, Cultural Sociology, Globalization Theories, Social Theory, Communication Studies, Sociology of Education, Youth and Childhood studies, Policy evaluation, and the sociolinguistic analysis of interaction. Other areas of expertise concern Equality and Social Justice in access to education and healthcare, Sociology of Conflict, and Peace Studies. Federico Farini leads the Research Centre for Psychological and Sociological Sciences at the University of Northampton
Dr Aoife Fleming
Aoife is the Vice Head for Interprofessional Learning in the College of Medicine and Health and a Senior Lecturer in Clinical Pharmacy in the School of Pharmacy University College Cork. She chairs the College IPL Development Committee which oversees Interprofessional Education and Learning for students across a range of healthcare programmes. Aoife is a registered Pharmacist, with experience in hospital, community and regulatory pharmacy. Aoife has a passion for developing student confidence and competence to prepare them for future practice, and for including the patient voice and lived experience into IPE. She has driven a dynamic and innovative programme of IPE for students across all disciplines in the College. She is an active member of the All Ireland Interprofessional Healthcare Challenge (AIPEC) national steering group and works with colleagues in Universities across the island of Ireland to organise this annual event. AIPEC is an intervarsity student challenge which provides an extracurricular opportunity for health and social care students to develop their collaboration and team-working skills. She is a Principal Investigator with research expertise in the areas of medication safety, antimicrobial stewardship, interprofessional learning, vaccination uptake and pharmacy practice.
Professor John Hammond
John Hammond is Professor of Interprofessional Practice at Canterbury Christ Church University. John is also Co-Chair of the UK National Association of Educators in Practice and is an Associate Editor of Physiotherapy journal. He is also an Associate Non-Executive Director at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust. Though his various roles he has strategic insight for interprofessional teaching and learning practices and workforce development.
John’s research centres that investigate interprofessional learning and collaboration particularly in the transition from pre-registration to qualified practice. He also has interests in pedagogic practices and issues of social justice; such as gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity, disability and allyship. Similarly John's teaching interests centre on issues of social justice, specifically diversity, gender, reflective practice and interprofessional working.
John trained as a physiotherapist and has previously worked clinically in Australia and the UK. In his previous clinical and academic roles he has held leadership responsiblities including Associate Dean (Widening Participation), Associate Dean (Education) and has chaired the Equality and Diversity Committees.
Professor Richard Kyle
Richard is a Visiting Professor in the School of Health and Social Care at Edinburgh Napier University. He served as Professor of Interprofessional Education and Director of the Academy of Nursing at the University of Exeter (2022-2025).
Richard has over 20 years’ experience in higher education, having previously held academic positions at the Universities of Glasgow (2005-2006), Lancaster (2006-2007), Manchester (2008-2010), Stirling (2010-2014) and Edinburgh Napier (2015-2020). Richard developed and evaluated pioneering drama-based educational approaches to illustrate the complexities of interprofessional working in healthcare. His pedagogical innovations have received a Scottish Education Award and recognition as a Student Nursing Times Awards finalist for ‘Partnership of the Year’ and ‘Teaching Innovation of the Year’. Richard is also an accomplished researcher and publishes widely across the fields of healthcare professional education, nursing, and public health. Richard has held senior leadership positions in higher education, charities, and the NHS, where he was Deputy Head of Research and Evaluation at Public Health Wales (2020-2021).
Susanne Lindqvist
Professor Susanne Lindqvist is Chair of the UK Centre for the Advancement of Interprofessional Education (CAIPE). She serves as Professor of Interprofessional Practice and Director of the Centre for Interprofessional Practice (CIPP) at the University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK. In addition, she is Head of Year 1 MB BS at Norwich Medical School, a trained coach for senior leaders, and a Visiting Professor at Molde University College in Norway.
Since joining CAIPE in 2004, Susanne has been actively involved in the design, delivery, evaluation, and research of interprofessional education and collaborative practice (IPECP). She contributes to several national and international advisory boards, supporting organisations in developing, embedding, and sustaining interprofessional learning and working practices among students and staff. In recognition of her contributions, she was awarded Honorary Fellowship of CAIPE in 2016.
Appointed CAIPE Chair in November 2026, Susanne is committed to advancing CAIPE’s mission and strategic objectives. She looks forward to working alongside trustees and members to strengthen interprofessional education and collaborative practice, an approach more vital than ever in addressing challenges and improving outcomes across health and social care.
Dr Veronica O’Carroll
Veronica O'Carroll is a Senior Lecturer and Registered Nurse (Adult) in the School of Medicine, University of St Andrews. Since 2009, she has been involved in the design and implementation of interprofessional education (IPE) and interprofessional research in the academic and practice learning environment. Veronica supervises and examines MSc PhD/MD Prof Doc dissertations and theses related to interprofessional education and interprofessional collaboration. She is an Associate Editor for the Journal of Interprofessional Care.
Melissa Owens
I have a consistent and sustained track record of delivering high-quality, collaborative, teaching and research within the field of IPECP, within my own organization, nationally and internationally. I have published widely within the field and won global awards for initiatives that I have been involved in. Through my membership on the Board of CAIPE I am also involved with the work of IPG and am on the Steering Committee of IPR.G.
Dr Vikki Park
Dr Vikki Park is a Trustee and Elected Board Member of the UK Centre for the Advancement of Interprofessional Education (CAIPE) and is Co-Chair of the Research Priority Group. She teaches national senior healthcare leaders at Teesside University, UK, and is a Senior Lecturer in Patient Experience, Outcome and Healthcare Leadership.
Vikki is a nursing academic specialising in interprofessional education and collaborative practice (IPECP). She is a registered nurse, Senior Fellow of Advance HE and NMC Registered Nurse Teacher. Internationally recognised for her role in leading, influencing and impacting the field of IPECP, Vikki has leadership roles in national and international organisations such as INHWE, IPR.Global, and IP.Global and has won three collaborative awards for global impact. Vikki has developed educational strategy in UK universities, regionally, nationally and internationally, and leads IPECP advancement through research, scholarship of teaching and learning, consultancy, guest speaking and external examining. She has published widely on the topic of IPECP and is regularly invited for keynotes, guest speaker opportunities and international expert panels.
Suzy Plows
Suzy Plows is Manager of the Centre for Interprofessional Education and Learning (CIEL) at the University of Nottingham, where she leads the development, delivery and evaluation of the Centre’s interprofessional education provision. She designs curricula, leads staff development and works across programmes and institutions to create meaningful opportunities for students and educators to learn together.
Suzy is a CAIPE Trustee and Board member and co-leads both the Translating Evidence into Practice priority group and the Marketing and Communications Subcommittee.
She develops international partnerships and shared learning opportunities through initiatives including the International Interprofessional Student Club and Bridging Perspectives. These bring students and educators together across institutions and countries to explore different perspectives and collaborative practice. She also contributes to interprofessional.global and co-hosts the Interprofessional SPACe podcast.
Her work spans student leadership, simulation and reflective learning. She leads and mentors the CIEL Student Committee, co-developed and helps lead MidMed, and led Nottingham’s interprofessional contribution to the East Midlands Schwartz Rounds programme over two years. She was team lead when CIEL received a Lord Dearing Award in 2024.
With a background in public health, health policy and anthropology, Suzy is particularly interested in how values, relationships and professional identity shape the way people learn and work together. She writes and presents internationally, drawing on her experience of curriculum development, student involvement and international collaboration. Her recent work explores health promotion within IPE, family and carer perspectives in compassionate care and leadership, and the development of international student learning communities. She is also a contributing author to the forthcoming second edition of Interprofessional Education and Collaboration, with a chapter on values, ethics and relationships in interprofessional healthcare.
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Alison Power
Alison Power is an Associate Professor in Learning and Teaching, a Registered Midwife, and a Senior Fellow of Advance HE. She holds Teacher status on the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) Register and serves on the Editorial Board of the British Journal of Midwifery, contributing to the advancement of scholarly discourse within the profession.
Alison holds a Master of Professional Practice (Level 8), alongside Postgraduate Certificates in Teaching in Higher Education (PGCTHE) and Practice Education (PGCPE), reflecting her sustained commitment to excellence in academic leadership, pedagogic innovation, and clinical education.
At the University of Northampton, Alison leads strategic initiatives in Interprofessional Education (IPE) as Faculty Lead and champions reflective practice and compassionate care in her role as Schwartz Rounds Lead. Her work supports the development of ethically grounded, collaborative healthcare professionals capable of responding to the complex demands of contemporary practice.
Alison’s academic influence extends internationally through her Visiting Faculty roles at Saint Louis University, USA, and Edith Cowan University, Australia, where she has contributed to teaching, scholarship, and the advancement of interprofessional and practice-based education across global contexts.
Nationally, Alison is a Board Member of the Centre for the Advancement of Interprofessional Education (CAIPE), a UK charity dedicated to promoting IPE, research, and collaborative practice to support public health and a workforce fit for purpose. She also serves on CAIPE’s Marketing and Communications Committee, contributing to the organisation’s strategic outreach and engagement.
Internationally, Alison represents CAIPE within the Capacity Building Working Group and Communications Team of Interprofessional.Global (IP.G), a worldwide platform connecting networks committed to advancing interprofessional education and collaborative practice across health and social care. She plays a key role in coordinating IP.G’s Global Cafés, an international programme of online seminars designed to foster dialogue, critical reflection, and knowledge exchange among educators, practitioners, and researchers worldwide.
Sivaram Shanmugam
Dr Shiv Shanmugam is a Senior Lecturer in Physiotherapy in the Department of Allied Health Professions at Glasgow Caledonian University. He is the founding Programme Director of an innovative integrated pre-registration Doctorate in Physiotherapy, the first programme of its kind in Europe, and serves as the Professional Lead for Physiotherapy. Shiv trained as a physiotherapist at Christian Medical College and Hospital, Vellore, India, where he was awarded the Steve Kolumban Memorial Gold Medal for the best all-round student. He began his career as a Clinical Academic at the Rehabilitation Institute before moving to the United Kingdom, where he has held academic posts at Queen Margaret University and Glasgow Caledonian University. A significant strand of Shiv’s work operates at system level within physiotherapy education. He is Lead Investigator for two national tenders commissioned by the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy, focused on strengthening quality across the physiotherapy education continuum. This includes transforming quality in pre-registration education and clarifying the CSP’s role in post-registration education and training, with particular attention to
quality assurance, professional development, and system coherence beyond statutory regulation. Together, this work informs national policy, governance, and strategic approaches to physiotherapy education in the United Kingdom. Alongside his academic role, Shiv holds a number of senior governance and advisory positions. He is Chair of the University’s Assessment Regulations Sub-Committee and Chair of the Anti-Racism Curriculum Group. He also leads the Education Research and Scholarship Group within the School of Health and Life Sciences, an interdisciplinary community of over 60 members dedicated to educational enhancement, innovation, and impact. Shiv teaches at master’s and doctoral level on interprofessional education modules and has supervised doctoral research in collaborative practice, including the validation of measurement tools for integrated community teams. Beyond the university, he serves as a Non-Executive Director and Board Member of a third-sector educational organisation delivering Family and Systemic Therapy across Scotland and the North of England. He is also a Lay Advisor to the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow and a Trustee of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy Charitable Trust.
Dr Amanda Squire
Leading on from a clinical career in dietetics, Amanda is now Lead for Interprofessional Education at Cardiff Metropolitan University, driving the strategic development of interprofessional education and collaborative practice. A published academic with expertise in programme leadership, project development, and service evaluation, she supports innovative, authentic learning experiences that enhance professional practice and improve care quality across health and social care.
A dedicated HCPC-registered Dietitian, Amanda co-leads the Allied Clinical Health Hub, an award winning centre of patient-facing, collaborative student training and clinical practice. She has extensive experience influencing national and international conversations on person-centred care and professionalism, including roles as Chief External Examiner, Academic Advisor, and Chair of the Higher Education Group of the Welsh Therapies Advisory Committee.
With a PhD and strong research background, Amanda supports CAIPE’s research workstreams on interprofessional learning in practice and co-leads the development of minimum competencies for IPECP, alongside national projects with Health Education and Improvement Wales. Formerly a CAIPE Board Member (2014) and now a Board Trustee, she continues to champion collaboration, innovation, and evidence-informed practice to advance CAIPE’s mission to lead, connect, and influence in interprofessional education.
President
Professor Elizabeth (Liz) Anderson PhD
Following a clinical career as a nurse, midwife and health visitor, Elizabeth has become a highly experienced teacher and scholar in medical education, particularly in the field of interprofessional education. Her scholarship was recognised in 2007, by the award of a National Teaching Fellowship. She has built a national and international reputation and track record of pedagogic publications and conference presentations over the past twenty-five years. She spearheaded the establishment of interprofessional education working within the East Midlands Workforce Confederation in 2000, to enable three universities to collaborate. Following this she has progressed IPE in the Leicester medical curriculum and within the developing School of Healthcare, at the University of Leicester. Her research collaborations also explore translational clinical research within the NHS on team working, patient safety and collaborative practice. She Chairs the University Patient and Carer Group and continues to propel patient involvement. Elizabeth began working with CAIPE in 2000 as a co-opted board member before becoming a CAIPE trustee. She was made a CAIPE Fellow in 2016 and served as CAIPE Joint Chair from 2021-2025 with Dr Angela Lennox, before being voted CAIPE President in 2025.
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Team Members
Mark Dexter
Professor John Hammond
John Hammond is Professor of Interprofessional Practice at Canterbury Christ Church University. John is also Co-Chair of the UK National Association of Educators in Practice and is an Associate Editor of Physiotherapy journal. He is also an Associate Non-Executive Director at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust. Though his various roles he has strategic insight for interprofessional teaching and learning practices and workforce development.
John’s research centres that investigate interprofessional learning and collaboration particularly in the transition from pre-registration to qualified practice. He also has interests in pedagogic practices and issues of social justice; such as gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity, disability and allyship. Similarly John's teaching interests centre on issues of social justice, specifically diversity, gender, reflective practice and interprofessional working.
John trained as a physiotherapist and has previously worked clinically in Australia and the UK. In his previous clinical and academic roles he has held leadership responsiblities including Associate Dean (Widening Participation), Associate Dean (Education) and has chaired the Equality and Diversity Committees.
Susanne Lindqvist
Professor Susanne Lindqvist is Chair of the UK Centre for the Advancement of Interprofessional Education (CAIPE). She serves as Professor of Interprofessional Practice and Director of the Centre for Interprofessional Practice (CIPP) at the University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK. In addition, she is Head of Year 1 MB BS at Norwich Medical School, a trained coach for senior leaders, and a Visiting Professor at Molde University College in Norway.
Since joining CAIPE in 2004, Susanne has been actively involved in the design, delivery, evaluation, and research of interprofessional education and collaborative practice (IPECP). She contributes to several national and international advisory boards, supporting organisations in developing, embedding, and sustaining interprofessional learning and working practices among students and staff. In recognition of her contributions, she was awarded Honorary Fellowship of CAIPE in 2016.
Appointed CAIPE Chair in November 2026, Susanne is committed to advancing CAIPE’s mission and strategic objectives. She looks forward to working alongside trustees and members to strengthen interprofessional education and collaborative practice, an approach more vital than ever in addressing challenges and improving outcomes across health and social care.
Melissa Owens
I have a consistent and sustained track record of delivering high-quality, collaborative, teaching and research within the field of IPECP, within my own organization, nationally and internationally. I have published widely within the field and won global awards for initiatives that I have been involved in. Through my membership on the Board of CAIPE I am also involved with the work of IPG and am on the Steering Committee of IPR.G.
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Pat Bluteau
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.
Professor Elizabeth (Liz) Anderson PhD
Following a clinical career as a nurse, midwife and health visitor, Elizabeth has become a highly experienced teacher and scholar in medical education, particularly in the field of interprofessional education. Her scholarship was recognised in 2007, by the award of a National Teaching Fellowship. She has built a national and international reputation and track record of pedagogic publications and conference presentations over the past twenty-five years. She spearheaded the establishment of interprofessional education working within the East Midlands Workforce Confederation in 2000, to enable three universities to collaborate. Following this she has progressed IPE in the Leicester medical curriculum and within the developing School of Healthcare, at the University of Leicester. Her research collaborations also explore translational clinical research within the NHS on team working, patient safety and collaborative practice. She Chairs the University Patient and Carer Group and continues to propel patient involvement. Elizabeth began working with CAIPE in 2000 as a co-opted board member before becoming a CAIPE trustee. She was made a CAIPE Fellow in 2016 and served as CAIPE Joint Chair from 2021-2025 with Dr Angela Lennox, before being voted CAIPE President in 2025.
Our Global Partners – Interprofessional.Global
CAIPE is one of a growing number of Regional Networks confederating in Interprofessional.Global (IP.G)which subscribes to the same ideals worldwide and oversees the biennial All Together Better Health (ATBH) conferences.
IP.G facilitates support and exchange between the global interprofessional education and collaborative practice (IPECP) networks, establishes relationships with other like-minded organisations and welcomes and supports new networks sharing the same aims and values.
IP.G Global Café hosts monthly global webinars to encourage and support the exchange of knowledge and experiences in the global community of Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice. The normal format is two presentations. Each presentation has 10 minutes followed by a 20 minutes discussion (see).
Interprofessional.Global includes representatives from regional and emerging networks across the world. Regional Networks: Africa (AfrIPEN); Australasia (AIPPEN); Canada (CIHC); India (IndIPEN); Japan (JAIPE and JIPWEN); Scandinavia (NIPNET); South & Central America and Caribbean (REIP); United Kingdom (CAIPE) and United States of America (AIHC). Emerging Networks: Arabic Speaking Countries; Asia Pacific (APIPECnet) and German Speaking Countries (IP-Health). [Click on acronym to access web-site].
Interprofessional.Global oversees promotion and planning for the biennial All Together Better Health (ATBH) conferences hosted by institutions worldwide.
The Journal of Interprofessional Care – Our Official Journal
Since its launch in 1992 following an initiative by the Centre for the Advancement of Interprofessional Education (CAIPE) the Journal continues in promoting collaboration, practice and research in education, health and social care and related fields worldwide.
The Journal has retained its focus on education, health and social care and encouraged contributions from other fields where closer collaboration is critical to improve the quality of life for individuals, families and communities, and to establish and sustain a healthier environment. These include housing, public health, law enforcement and the treatment of offenders. Contributors and readers include service users, students, teachers, trainers, practitioners, managers, policy makers and researchers.
Given the increasing reach and circulation of the journal during 2021, the publishers have agreed a moderate increase in the journal page allowance. This will allow more papers to be included in each issue, and help reduce waiting times from online publication to print copy. This change is made on the back of a range of success indicators, including a 30% increase in downloads, now averaging 350K/year; and submissions, processing close to a thousand manuscripts/year.
CAIPE values its continuing partnership with the Journal exploring collaborative practice, learning, working and research with and between professions and organisations and with service users, carers and communities. CAIPE and the Journal treats research as both a collaborative field in its own right and as a means to evaluate IPE and Practice.
CAIPE Membership for Individuals and Corporate Members not only offers access to the CAIPE website and resources, publications, policy development, Working Groups, Symposiums, Regional Forums, discounted conference attendance, and 20% off the Routledge/CAIPE Collaborative Practice series publications, CAIPE membership also offers substantial discount to the Journal of Interprofessional Care.
The John Horder Awards
Celebrating his contribution to general practice and interprofessional education.
This award was established in the memory of the late Dr John Horder.
John Horder pioneered primary care to critical acclaim as senior partner in the Kentish Town General Practice in North London establishing and providing support and development for a 28 strong multidisciplinary primary health care team. He is credited with establishing General Practice as a respected discipline within medicine. With others he founded the Royal College of General Practitioners (as it became) and served as its president from 1979 – 82.
John was an Adviser to the WHO and a fellow at The King’s Fund. In addition he was appointed a Wolfson Travelling Fellow of the Royal Society and in this role travelled widely throughout Europe and led the Leeuwenhorst Group collaborating with like-minded doctors to promote primary care internationally.
Anne Loxley (social work teacher), Michael Carmi (GP) and Valerie Packer (health visitor) who had been pioneering interprofessional short courses at the Middlesex Polytechnic invited John to chair the planning group for the national body about which they had dreamt. He agreed readily, chairing the committee, soliciting funds and convening conferences leading to the launch in 1987 of “The National Centre for the Advancement of Interprofessional Education in Primary Health Care” (as CAIPE was called in its early years), becoming its first chair and later president.
Award Overview and Eligibility
John Horder Practitioner Team Award
This award is open for qualified practitioners working in health and social care teams and or practitioner educator teams working in Higher Education Institutions. We particularly welcome teams from primary health care or community care.
John Horder Student Team Award
This award is open to pre-registration (undergraduate) or post-qualified student teams in health and social care professional training. The award welcomes interprofessional work in primary care.
Selection
Entries for the 2026 awards will open in March 2026 and will be judged by a panel of judges from CAIPE and The Royal Society of Medicine.
The Prize
Prizes of £600 per team are award at an annual event at the Royal Society of Medicine in September.
The CAIPE Hugh Barr Award
Celebrating Excellence in Social Work and Interprofessional Practice.
This award was established in the memory of the late Professor Hugh Barr.
Professor Hugh Barr’s legacy in interprofessional education and collaborative practice is both profound and enduring. Following his retirement in 1987 from his role as Assistant Director of the Central Council for Education and Training in Social Work, Hugh continued to shape the field through academic leadership and strategic influence.
In retirement, he led the Centre for Interprofessional Studies at the University of Nottingham, where he worked closely with Dr John Horder, Chair of the Royal College of General Practitioners and Founder of CAIPE. This collaboration led to Hugh’s appointment as a CAIPE advisor, followed by his service on the Board, as Chair and eventual role as President.
Throughout his national and international leadership, Hugh remained deeply committed to social work as a profession and social care as a field of practice. He worked tirelessly to highlight the indispensable role of social workers in embedding collaborative approaches across health and social care. His final published paper explored the contribution of social work to integrated care—an enduring testament to his vision.
Award Overview
The Hugh Barr Award is presented to the best paper published in the Journal of Interprofessional Care that advances understanding of social work in interprofessional education or practice.
Eligibility and Selection
We advise applicants to read the Journal of Interprofessional Care for instructions for authors
- Open to all authors; collaborative submissions are encouraged
- Papers must be published in the Journal of Interprofessional Care
- All formats are eligible, including empirical research, reviews, and theoretical narratives
- Papers must adhere to the Journal’s author guidelines
- Selection is made by the Editor-in-Chief and a panel of the Journal’s Associate Editors (including UK and international Editors), with final approval by the CAIPE Board
- Judging criteria include scholarly excellence, originality, and contribution to the field
Award Cycle
The award is offered biennially, in alternating years to the All Together Better Health (ATBH) conference series.
- First cycle: 2026 (papers published and accepted in 2026 will be considered)
- Next cycle: 2028 (following ATBH 2027), and so on.
Prize
- The award winner(s) will receive £800
Announcement and Recognition
- Formal recognition will be given at the following ATBH conference, where the awardee will be encouraged to present their work.
- The winner will also be announced on the CAIPE website.
The CAIPE Professor Scott Reeves Award
Celebrating Excellence in Scholarship in interprofessional education from the Journal of Interprofessional Care.
This award was established in the memory of Professor Scott Reeves.
Professor Scott Reeves was a social scientist involved in health professions education and health services research for over 20 years. He led the way for more empirical and theoretical research on collaborative activities such as interprofessional education, collaboration, teamwork and patient safety. At the time of his death, he was the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Interprofessional Care and Professor of Interprofessional Research at Kingston & St George’s University of London, UK.
Award Overview
The award is given for the best research oral paper presented at the All Together Better Health Conference (ATBH).
Eligibility and Selection
All oral research abstracts submitted to the ATBH conference are eligible. The top ten highest scoring abstracts are entered for the award. During the conference a CAIPE team listen to the presentations and score them for scholarship and presentation. The final scores result in the winning entry which is presented to the winner(s) at the conference dinner.
The Prize
This £800 award is sponsored by Taylor & Francis in collaboration with the Journal of Interprofessional Care