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Interprofessional Learning last updated January 2012
Below are links to the three 'veterinary Interprofessional Education resources' (vIPEr) developed by the RVC. Please read our introduction to vIPEr before choosing which resource to download.
These resources are provided for non-commercial and non-profit use.
'Talking Walls'
IPE Talking Walls Teaching Resource - for staff
Emergency Case Role Play
IPE Emergency Case Teaching Resource - for staff
IPE CPCR Flowchart - for students: Please e-mail tkinnison@rvc.ac.uk for a copy of this document.
Communication Skills Scenario
IPE Communication Scenario Teaching Resource - for staff
Suki Case Study - student sheet
IPE Communication Skills Presentation
As this is the last resource to be evaluated, we are not yet able to provide the video that accompanies these documents. We do suggest however that you may like to use the principles of this resource in your own activity.
These resources were developed by The Royal Veterinary College as part of a project funded by VETNET.
Publication
Kinnison, T., Lumbis, R., Orpet, H., Welsh, P., Gregory, S., Baillie, S. Piloting Interprofessional Education Interventions with Veterinary and Veterinary Nursing Students. Journal of Veterinary Medical Education (2011), 38(3): 311-318.
During resource evaluation at the RVC, an adapted version of the Readiness for Interprofessional Learning RIPLS) Scale, developed by Parsell and Bligh (1999) and validated in a study by Reid et al. (2006), was used. This veterinary version is provided here with the kind permission of Ross Reid.
References
Parsell, G. and Bligh, J. 1999. The development of a questionnaire to assess the readiness of health care students for interprofessional learning (RIPLS). Medical Education, 33: 95-100.
Reid, R., Bruce, D. Allstaff, K. and McLernon, D. 2006. Validating the Readiness for Interprofessional Learning Scale (RIPLS) in the postgraduate context: Are health care professionals ready for IPL? Medical Education, 40: 415–422.