Interprofessional learning (IPL) is critical for developing a collaborative health workforce, facilitating inclusive and collaborative practice, and fostering a greater understanding of one’s professional identity and role within the healthcare team. This presentation provides insights into a successful pilot of a low-resource, cross-institutional online IPL simulation program for mid-course level students from various disciplines across Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health. We outline the program development, including filming case vignettes and consulting a reference group to co-create patient cases. The approach fosters inclusion of all students, including those geographically isolated at rural campuses with a single health discipline. Students found the experience impactful, reporting increased knowledge of others’ and their own professions, improved confidence, and challenges faced by culturally and linguistically diverse students. We offer suggestions on integrating IPL into standard health professional curricula in different contexts, discuss unexpected findings like informal benchmarking, and summarize future directions for the program.
Teaching@Sydney