This report documents a pilot study to evaluate the benefits for undergraduate medical students of an Interprofessional Dedicated Education Unit (DEU).
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Background:
A pilot study, completed in 2018, of a Dedicated Education Unit at Middlemore Hospital and Manukau Surgery Centre to support interprofessional learning for students (Nursing and Medicine) in the perioperative setting.
The objectives for this study were to build on the DEU experience to provide a clinical learning environment where students from the health professions of nursing and medicine, had opportunities to learn together with staff in a DEU.
A collaboration of Manukau Institute of Technology, Counties Manukau Health and University of Auckland.
Report prepared by Dr Willem Fourie, Bev McClelland, Maria Vitas, Victoria Crisp, Wendy McKinstry, Jackie Reid, Alex Zivaljevic, Sharon Rydon and Kusum Narayan.
Co-funded by the Ako Aotearoa Regional Hub Project Fund (RHPF)