AUT - National Centre for Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice (NCIPECP)
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National Centre for Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice (NCIPECP)
Today's successful health professionals work across teams to provide the best patient outcomes
The quality of our healthcare services depend on staff which can work well with all healthcare professionals, respect each others’ contribution and together provide quality patient care.
With input from the World Health Organisation (WHO), the National Centre for Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice (NCIPECP) is the first of its kind in New Zealand with four main functions :
Research
The Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences is constantly conducting education and practice based research in interprofessional education and collaborative practice. The centre’s goal is to be an international leader in this field with the development of a strong research programme in conjunction with academics and health professionals.
Education
Students from a range of health and related disciplines develop team skills early on in their studies - learning with and about each other and working together (both in the classroom and out in the work place).
The centre’s educational team works with departments and schools from the faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences to deliver papers with a focus on:
- creating a knowledge and skills base for interprofessional education;
- widening choice, increasing flexibility and exposing students to a wider range of degree options;
- developing students for success in the health sector.
Health Sciences Postgraduate Course Information
Work placements
Courses have been designed so that students from one discipline work with those from another; for example, students share specific papers in their first year, and in the second and third years students have the opportunity to work on interdisciplinary projects. This allows students to apply their learning and prepares them to utilise interprofessional models of practice that are fundamental to the future of New Zealand's health care.
Akoranga Integrated Health also provides on campus supervised clinics, open to the public, for students to complete their placements:
- Physiotherapy
- Podiatry
- Dental therapy and hygiene
- Occupational therapy
Future clinics under development include:
- Nurse practitioner
- Health promotion
- Mental health
Māori Health Pathway
Throughout study, students are supported to form relationships with Māori stakeholders, Māori liaison services, Māori staff and Māori students. This includes Māori concepts of health, Māori health providers, hui and Māori career guidance.
Te Ara Hauora Maori
Benefits to health professionals
How does this type of learning benefit me as a health care professional?
- learn team skills and knowledge across a range of health and related disciplines
- significantly reduces medical misadventure, mistakes and accidents through improved communication which makes it safer for the patient
- increases patient satisfaction
the patient is the centre of the 'team care' rather than a series of health professionals working independently of each other; - patients and their families are more likely to be included in decisions and care.
- increases patient satisfaction
- better utilisation of resources
- promotes new ways of working and enables new skill mixes and models of care
- encourages work in non-traditional areas of health care where teamworking is valued ie. rural or primary health care environments as opposed to acute or hospital based areas
- staff satisfaction through increased morale and output
Contact information
Head of Centre
Associate Professor Duncan Reid
Associate Dean (Health)
Ph: +64 9 921 9999 ext 7806
Email duncan.reid@aut.ac.nz
Co-Directors - Research
Associate Professor Marion Jones
Dean (Postgraduate)
Ph: +64 9 921 7871
Email marion.jones@aut.ac.nz
and
Dr Antoinette McCallin
Ph + 64 9 921 9999 extension 7884
Email amccalli@aut.ac.nz
Clinical Practice
Dr Susan Shaw, Director - Practice Development
Ph +64 9 921-9764
Email susan.shaw@aut.ac.nz
Māori Health
Kate Haswell, Associate Dean (Māori Health)
c/o Maggie Scott-Nicholson
Ph +64 9 921 9243
Email mscottni@aut.ac.nz
Interprofessional Development
Brenda Flood, Interprofessional Practice Developer
Ph +64 9 921 9999 ext 9008
Email brenda.flood@aut.ac.nz
Dr Kirk Reed
Co-Director NCIPECP & member of AIH Leadership Team
Ph +64 9 9219256
Email: kirk.reed@aut.ac.nz