Interprofessional education & learning: Optimising the future primary health care workforce

Abstract

workforce shortages and the ageing population with increasing levels of long-term chronic, complex and multiple conditions. Multidisciplinary, interprofessional and multi-professional team based approaches are promoted as solutions within primary health care service delivery. This raises the need to reflect upon the health, educational, regulatory and financial systems that currently exist, and how they promote or hinder opportunities for learning and working together in teams. This report describes the outcomes of Professor Debra Humphris�s visit as part of the APHCRI International Visiting Fellowship Program. The report includes key themes emerging from Professor Humphris�s presentations (see Appendix 1) and roundtable discussions (see Appendix 2) held during her visit from 3�7 August 2009. The report also provides implications for APHCRI�s primary health care strategic work program. Show more