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Title: Journeys into interprofessional education: the case of healthy urban planning


1
Journeys into inter-professional education the
case of healthy urban planning
  • Geraint Ellis
  • School of Planning, Architecture and Civil
    Engineering, QUB

2
Overview
  • Inter-professional education
  • The concept of Healthy Urban Planning
  • The HUP Westlink pilot project and its evaluation
  • Discussion

3
Inter-professional education
  • The broader benefits of inter-professional
    education
  • Preparation for professional practice
  • Team work works
  • Enhanced awareness of professional competencies
  • Improved communication skills
  • More efficient service delivery and effective use
    of resources
  • Barriers in HE
  • Disciplinary organisation (programmes, schools
    etc)
  • Professional cultures, educational cultures
  • Accreditation requirements
  • Logistical issues (timetabling, assessment etc)

4
Healthy Urban Planning Module 2006-07
  • Partnership of Belfast Healthy Cities and three
    University units.
  • 15 students from BSc Environmental planning (8)
    and Bachelor of Medicine (7). Placed in three
    interdisciplinary teams.
  • Enquiry-Based Learning Approach
  • Aim
  • To provide students with an understanding of
    interprofessional learning and insights into the
    health implications of development in the built
    environment.

5
Learning outcomes
  • Knowledge and understanding
  • Demonstrate an awareness of the links between
    health, planning and the built environment.
  • Understand the process of health impact
    assessment and demonstrate the how this can
    improve decision-making in the built environment.
  • Discuss the role of different professional groups
    in improving public health.
  • Reflect on the outlook, approach and skills
    embedded in the medical and planning professions
    related to health and development of the built
    environment.
  • Attitudes
  • Appreciate the benefits and constraints of
    interprofessional learning and working.
  • Understand the wide range of perspectives on
    health held by different stakeholders in society.
  • Transferable skills
  • Work effectively and creatively in an
    interprofessional team working reflective
    writing oral presentation independent research
    critical analysis of information. critical

6
The aims of Healthy Urban Planning
  • To address a range of social, environmental,
    economic and health related issues. By
  • Re-orientating the primary policy objective of
    land use planning from property to peoples well
    being.
  • Further engaging health professionals with the
    policy processes that shape the social
    determinants of health.

7
The social determinants of health
Source Dahlgren G, Whitehead M. Policies and
Strategies to Promote Social Equity in Health.
Stockholm Institute of Futures Studies, 1991
cited in Acheson D, 1998.

8
Evolving challenge of public health
  • 19th century
  • Malnutrition
  • Overcrowding
  • Poor housing
  • Water supply
  • Sewage disposal
  • 21st century
  • Obesity
  • Asthma
  • Mental health
  • Cancer
  • Heart disease.

9
Some of the institutional barriers to HUP
  • Altering conventional approaches to problem
    framing in planning and healthcare.
  • Lack of statutory/policy provision.
  • Low awareness of health issues amongst built
    environment professionals.
  • Low awareness of planning processes amongst
    health professionals.
  • Limited interdisciplinary interaction.

10
Health impacts of the Westlink Extension?
11
Project Schedule 12 weeks
  • Initial briefing sessions
  • Enquiry based Learning
  • Health Impact Assessment
  • Briefing on the Westlink project
  • Brainstorming session to identify topics
    (community impacts health and vehicle emissions
    strategic transport alternatives)
  • Site visit
  • Facilitated meetings 2X2 hours a week
  • Interim presentations
  • Final Presentations/Report

12
  • Source
  • RCEP (2007) Report on the Urban Environment

13
Student Assessment
  • Written report (50)
  • 3,000 words per team
  • Presentation (30)
  • To an high profile audience
  • Reflective Commentary (20)
  • Strengths and weaknesses of their performance and
    experience of inter-professional working

14
Project evaluation
  • Highly favourable comments from staff and
    students
  • Appreciation of the broader aspects of health and
    increased interest in public health.
  • Reflections on nature of their discipline and the
    purpose of the planning system.
  • Enjoyed the engaged nature of the project and
    different types of learning.

15
Some student comments
  • It has a massive impact - a lot more than I had
    previously thought. (Medical Student 1)
  • Its kind of humbling to realise that that you
    dont know everything and it is of benefit to you
    to work with other people (Planning Student 2)
  • it was just good to get a general sense of how
    medicine is applicable to all kinds of different
    things (Medical Student 3)
  • I am seriously considering the more general
    and population-based medical approach the
    public health approach has a lot more scope -
    not to saving lives - but improving health.
    (Medical Student 1)
  • ... It has got me thinking about the role of the
    government, what theyre doing and what their
    trying to facilitate. Are they just moneymaking
    or are they concerned with the wider issues,
    about the people who are most effected?
    (Planning Student 2)

16
Reflections
  • Project adds to growing evidence of the
    effectiveness of IPE.
  • Underlines the need to challenge entrenched
    professional cultures through
  • promotion of HUP and public health
  • affirmative action by professional bodies
  • Inter-professional education.

17
Discussion
  • Other examples of inter-professional education in
    QUB?
  • Understanding the benefits of IPE
  • Identifying the barriers
  • Overcoming logistical problems
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