The Interprofessional Education Unit (IPEU) in collaboration with The Network: Towards Unit For Health (TUFH) presents a workshop: IPE Core Competency Development in South Africa.
Time: 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
Platform: Zoom
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In 2014, the Undergraduate Education and Training Subcommittee of the Medical and Dental Professions Board in collaboration with training institutions and the South African Committee of Medical and Dental Deans in SA developed core competencies for undergraduate students in clinical associate, dentistry and medical teaching and learning programmes. In 2017, through a Delphi Study, Filies & Frantz identified additional core competencies through a global expert panel which could serve as a basis for discussion.
The workshop will start off with a presentation, to highlight the development of core competencies over the years which will provide the basis for discussion. Thereafter, participants will divide into groups to discuss the gaps and additions in the current core competency domains in an attempt to develop an IPE core competency framework for South Africa. Participants will be given a template to populate and will present their discussions to plenary for further discussion.
1. Highlight the development of core competencies over the years.
2. Provide participants with a platform to discuss IPE Core Competencies in their current curriculum/practice.
3. Identify gaps and additions in the current core competency domains.
4. Develop a set of IPE core competencies for the South African context.
At UWC, he is employed as a full-time senior lecturer within the Interprofessional Education Unit (IPEU) in the Faculty of Community & Health Sciences. Responsibilities include: curriculum development, lectures, research, facilitation of faculty development workshops, co-ordination of interprofessional activities with postgraduate and undergraduate students, interprofessional supervision of students; and development of community sites for interprofessional placement of students for fieldwork. Research areas of interest include: Interprofessional Education, Service-Learning, Health Promotion, Primary Health Care and Community-Based Education. Current teaching responsibilities at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels are: Primary Health Care, Interdisciplinary Health Promotion, Interprofessional Education World Café, Interprofessional Ethics and Interprofessional Research Methods. Dr Gérard Filies as part of a team was appointed as convenor for driving the process for registration and accreditation of the Postgraduate Diploma in Interprofessional Education and Health – a first of its kind in the Western Cape, if not a first in South Africa. The programme was launched in August 2021.
Dr Gérard Filies has been invited by the Universities of Missouri and Winston Salem State University in the United States of America to develop their Interprofessional Education curriculum in 2018 and 2019. He was also the secretariat of the African Interprofessional Network (AfrIPEN) from 2017 to 2018 and currently a board member of AfrIPEN. Dr Filies is involved with other global organisations like Interprofessional Research.Global (IPR.Global), Interprofessional Global (IP.Global) and was recently selected as one of twenty-five people across the world to present his research at the ATBH X Reinvented Webinar Series. He is currently participating in the review of the Interprofessional Core Competencies developed by the Interprofessional Education Collaborative (IPEC).
11h45 - 12h00: Ice breaker
12h00 - 12h30: Presentation
12h30 - 13h00: Group work
13h30 - 13h00 Report back
13h00 - 13h15: Closing remarks
13h15 - 13h30: Evaluation/Thanks/Closure
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Event details
Date: Thursday, 28 July 2022Time: 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
Platform: Zoom
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Event Description
Many universities use the core competencies from either the Canadian Interprofessional Health Collaborative (2010) or Interprofessional Education Collaborative (2016). Last year I was part of IPEC's Town Hall meeting to update their 2016 document once again. The question raised in my mind was whether the existing document is relevant to the SA context. Do we give input to IPEC or do we create a competency framework that is unique to our context?In 2014, the Undergraduate Education and Training Subcommittee of the Medical and Dental Professions Board in collaboration with training institutions and the South African Committee of Medical and Dental Deans in SA developed core competencies for undergraduate students in clinical associate, dentistry and medical teaching and learning programmes. In 2017, through a Delphi Study, Filies & Frantz identified additional core competencies through a global expert panel which could serve as a basis for discussion.
The workshop will start off with a presentation, to highlight the development of core competencies over the years which will provide the basis for discussion. Thereafter, participants will divide into groups to discuss the gaps and additions in the current core competency domains in an attempt to develop an IPE core competency framework for South Africa. Participants will be given a template to populate and will present their discussions to plenary for further discussion.
Outcomes for Participants
At the end of the workshop participants will be able to:1. Highlight the development of core competencies over the years.
2. Provide participants with a platform to discuss IPE Core Competencies in their current curriculum/practice.
3. Identify gaps and additions in the current core competency domains.
4. Develop a set of IPE core competencies for the South African context.
About the presenter
Dr Gérard Filies is a registered Occupational Therapist by profession with a B.Sc. (Occupational Therapy) degree from the University of the Western Cape. He also has an M.Phil. (Health Sciences Education) Master’s degree from Stellenbosch University and a PhD in the Child and Family Studies programme at the University of the Western Cape (UWC). The title of his PhD study was Development of an interprofessional education model that aims to instil the core competencies of interprofessional collaborative practice in allied health students’ curriculum.At UWC, he is employed as a full-time senior lecturer within the Interprofessional Education Unit (IPEU) in the Faculty of Community & Health Sciences. Responsibilities include: curriculum development, lectures, research, facilitation of faculty development workshops, co-ordination of interprofessional activities with postgraduate and undergraduate students, interprofessional supervision of students; and development of community sites for interprofessional placement of students for fieldwork. Research areas of interest include: Interprofessional Education, Service-Learning, Health Promotion, Primary Health Care and Community-Based Education. Current teaching responsibilities at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels are: Primary Health Care, Interdisciplinary Health Promotion, Interprofessional Education World Café, Interprofessional Ethics and Interprofessional Research Methods. Dr Gérard Filies as part of a team was appointed as convenor for driving the process for registration and accreditation of the Postgraduate Diploma in Interprofessional Education and Health – a first of its kind in the Western Cape, if not a first in South Africa. The programme was launched in August 2021.
Dr Gérard Filies has been invited by the Universities of Missouri and Winston Salem State University in the United States of America to develop their Interprofessional Education curriculum in 2018 and 2019. He was also the secretariat of the African Interprofessional Network (AfrIPEN) from 2017 to 2018 and currently a board member of AfrIPEN. Dr Filies is involved with other global organisations like Interprofessional Research.Global (IPR.Global), Interprofessional Global (IP.Global) and was recently selected as one of twenty-five people across the world to present his research at the ATBH X Reinvented Webinar Series. He is currently participating in the review of the Interprofessional Core Competencies developed by the Interprofessional Education Collaborative (IPEC).
Agenda
11h30 - 11h45: Welcome & introduction11h45 - 12h00: Ice breaker
12h00 - 12h30: Presentation
12h30 - 13h00: Group work
13h30 - 13h00 Report back
13h00 - 13h15: Closing remarks
13h15 - 13h30: Evaluation/Thanks/Closure
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