Promoting interdisciplinarity through educational initiative: a qualitative evaluation

Wakefield, Ann; Furber, Christine; Boggis, Caroline; Sutton, Adrian; Cooke, Sam

Abstract

This paper describes a multi-professional teaching innovation that took place at The University of Manchester during October 2001. Ideas for the project were first established in December 2000 when a multi-professional team of educationalists began exploring ways in which three disparate student groups could be brought together as part of an integrated learning activity (Barr 2002). For this reason, a problem-based learning scenario was developed to encourage nursing, midwifery, and medical students to share their previous knowledge and principles of care. In addition, the students were also asked to identify the type(s) of information they felt should be included in a user guide for new parents regarding the uncomplicated labour and puerperium.

Citation

Wakefield, A., Furber, C., Boggis, C., Sutton, A., & Cooke, S. (2003). Promoting interdisciplinarity through educational initiative: a qualitative evaluation. Nurse Education in Practice, 3(4), 195-203. https://doi.org/10.1016/s1471-5953%2802%2900119-1

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Sep 30, 2002
• Publication Date: 2003-12
• Deposit Date: Dec 27, 2023
• Journal: Nurse Education in Practice
• Print ISSN: 1471-5953
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 3
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 195-203
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/s1471-5953%2802%2900119-1
• Keywords: Education; General Medicine; General Nursing