HEALTH-CARE TEAMS - AN INTERDISCIPLINARY WORKSHOP FOR UNDERGRADUATES

Teamwork is important to the provision of healthcare but there appears to be little attention given to healthcare students learning to work together. To address this need a collaborative project between nursing , medicine, occupational therapy, physiotherapy and podiatry was under taken. Students participated in an active learning day which considere d professional roles, how these integrated to provide a service and ho w the team worked together to form clinical management plans. During t he first year the workshop was repeated eight times and 170 students a ttended. Students were positive about the experience and requested mor e joint learning particularly on clinical placements. The success of t his project could act as a model for future developments.