Welcome Statement
Writer Editors
- Diane MacKenzie, PhD, OT Reg.(N.S.), Associate Professor, Occupational Therapy & Interprofessional Education Coordinator – Faculty of Health, Dalhousie University; Affiliated Scientist, Nova Scotia Health
- Megan Sponagle, BSc
- Kaitlin Sibbald, PhD, OT Reg.(N.S.), Instructor | Occupational Therapy | Faculty of Health, Dalhousie University
Faculty Contributors/Reviewers
- Sheri Price, PhD, RN, Professor, School of Nursing, Dalhousie University
- Kelly Lackie, PhD RN, Associate Professor, Associate Director, Simulation-based Education & Interprofessional Education, School of Nursing – Faculty of Health, Dalhousie University; Affiliate Scientist, Nova Scotia Health
- Anuradha Mishra, MD, MEd, FRCSC – Associate Professor, Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences; Assistant Dean Skilled Clinician & Interprofessional Education
- Noel Pendergast, MPH RRT, Director, Centre for Collaborative Clinical Learning and Research (C3LR)
- Cynthia Andrews, DDS, MEd | University Teaching Fellow and Interprofessional Education Coordinator | Faculty of Dentistry, Dalhousie University
Student contributors with writing or synthesis of research
Peyman Mehrabi (Student: Master of Science in Nursing), Ivan Beck Zubriski (Student: PhD in Health – Health & Human Performance & Social Work), Tania Tanwi (Student: PhD in Health – Health Administration), & Temitayo Sodunke, (Student: PhD in Health – Health & Human Performance).
Land Acknowledgement
We express our gratitude and appreciation for the Indigenous peoples and respect for the land where we live, work and play. Dalhousie University’s health related programs are delivered in several territories. For our Nova Scotia programs, we are located in Mi’kma’ki, the ancestral and unceded territory of the Mi’kmaq.
We recognize that African Nova Scotians are a distinct people whose histories, legacies and contributions have enriched that part of Mi’kma’ki known as Nova Scotia for over 400 years.
For those of you accessing this resource from a region in the world beyond the Dalhousie University Nova Scotia campuses– we welcome you to reflect on the lands from where you live, work and play.
Acknowledgements, Thanks and Gratitude
We would like to acknowledge and thank our colleagues and learners who work, design, deliver and/or experience the educational interface in the interprofessional space. This project was supported by a Dalhousie Centre for Teaching and Learning Open Educational Resource Grant (D. MacKenzie, K. Lackie, K. & M. Brown, 2023) together with additional student Research Assistant funding from the Faculty of Health and D. MacKenzie.
This resource is a work in progress to support educators as we advance our understanding and repertoire of best practice approaches to prepare collaborative practice ready providers in the evolving world of health and social care.
Digital Images
The original images in this resource are marked with initials in the bottom right corner. These images were created by Megan Sponagle (MHS) and Diane MacKenzie (DEM). We hope these images assist with navigating the resource as well as the thought processes that guided the development and curating of content for this open educational resource (OER).
Accessibility
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Title Page
So why dogs on an east coast beach for an interprofessional education resource? Well, perhaps an opportunity to observe collaboration in its purest form in an ever–changing environment. None of these dogs knew each other – but they managed to communicate, collaborate, and cooperate toward a co-created interactive goal while also navigating the unpredictable conditions of the surface, wind, and waves. While there was effort on their behalf to work/play in this environment – it also appears like they may have enjoyed the outcome.
Citation:
MacKenzie, D., Sponagle, M., & Sibbald, K. (2024). Interprofessional Education: A Resource for Educators. https://caul-cbua.pressbooks.pub/ipe/
