Easter Countries Interprofessional Education Network

EASTERN COUNTRIES INTERPROFESSIONAL EDUCATION NETWORKING

Ali YILDIRIM

Hugh BARR

WWW.ECIPEN.ORG

Background Patients, families and communities everywhere present problems beyond the capacity of any one profession.

Doctors, nurses, allied health professionals, social workers and others are responding together to that challenge in country after country

IPE is taking off worldwide (WHO, 2010; Frenk et al., 2011). Conferences are being convened and networks established in Australasia, Europe, Japan and North America to provide channels for mutual support and exchange.

So far so good, but interprofessional activists spread wider, including many in African and Eastern countries from the Mediterranean to the Pacific. 

Distances are vast, initiatives scattered and face-to-face meetings too often precluded.

WORLD COORDINATING COMMITTEE FOR INTERPROFESSIONAL EDUCATION AND PRACTICE MEMBERS

EUROPEN INTERPROFESSIONAL EDUCATION NETWORK

(EIPEN)

Centre of advance interprofessional education

UNITED KINGDOMwww.caipe.org.uk

CAIPE

(CIHC) Canadian interprofessional health collaboration

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Alaska Hawaii

(AIHC) American interprofessional health collaborative

Victoria

Australian Capital Territory (ACT)

(AIPPEN) Australian interprofessional practice and education

Nordic-Countries-Map-PowerPoint-m

(Nipnet) Nordic interprofessional network

JAIPE & JIPWEN): (Japan Association for Interprofessional Education & Japan interprofessional education network

So what is missing?

Work is in hand to engage educators, practitioners, managers, researchers and policy makers in 91 African and Asian countries.

Some are 'testing the water', others already committed to IPE and collaborative practice. We have established contacts, so far, in ten out of 53 African countries and 15 out of 41 Asian countries.  

Progress so far

AFRICAN COUNTIRE:53

ECIPEN NETWORKS IN AFRICA:10

ASIAN COUNTRIES:41

ECIPEN NETWORKS IN ASIA:15

OUR NETWORKING METHODS

1. GOOGLE GROUPHow is that possible? Electronic communication comes to our rescue.

We created a mail which has 50 members in eastern countries with the chance to communicate with each other and share ideas.

Join us:ipenetwork@googlegroups.com

2.Facebook groups

we created a Facebook group for social media activities with 110 members to read al over the world.

3.WEBSITE

we are creating a website (to be on view in draft during the workshop) with information about IPE in the Asian and African countries and a virtual means of meeting.

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Conclusion

Our target by next year is to include 50 countries. Bigger still is the challenge to establish networks owned by, and run by, those involved by region or country.

One network spanning Africa and a large part of Asia would plainly be unmanageable. Two - one for African and the other for Asian countries - might just be possible, but the latter, based on advice that we have received, might be better divided between the Eurasian and the Arab countries

Decisions must, however, rest with those involved, taking into account moves already to establish national networks, for example, in Iran and Turkey, concentrations of interprofessional committed institutions and individuals, offers of support and leaders-in-waiting.

We see our role, along with the World Coordinating Committee, as being to facilitate if and when invited.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR LISTENING

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