IPE is defined as an activity that occurs when members or students of two or more professions (health and social care providers regulated and unregulated care providers) learn interactively (with, from and about) one another to improve collaboration and the quality of care.
Interprofessional education (IPE), where two or more professions learn with, from, and about each other to improve collaboration and the quality of care, has been proposed as a curriculum strategy to promote mutual understanding between professions, thus helping to prepare health professionals to work in challenging contemporary health systems.
Interprofessional education occurs "when two or more professions learn with, from and about each other to improve collaboration and the quality of care "[ 36].
The definition of the Centre For The Advancement Of Interprofessional Education (CAIPE) was used: "Interprofessional education occurs when two or more professions learn with, from and about each other to improve collaboration and the quality of care" [ 16].
Following the Centre for the Advancement of Interprofessional Education, IPE occurs when two or more professions learn with, from and about each other to improve collaboration and the quality of care [ 15].
Inter-professional education, defined as "occasions when members (or students) of two or more professions learn with, from and about one another to improve collaboration and the quality of care," has attracted increasing interest [ 16].
IPE, which is defined as "when two or more professions learn with, from and about each other to improve collaboration and the quality of care" [ 4], is a crucial pedagogical approach for preparing nursing and medical students to provide patient care in a collaborative team atmosphere.
In the case of interprofessional learning, "when [members or students of] two or more professions learn with, from and about one another to improve collaboration and the quality of care [ 8]" it should also be focused on a relevant problem appropriate for the multiprofessional group [ 4].
Interprofessional education (IPE) has been recognized as an innovative approach for the development of a collaborative, practice-ready health workforce [ 2]. "Interprofessional education occurs when two or more professions learn with, from and about each other to improve collaboration and the quality of care" [ 3].
3 5–9 IP education has emerged as an approach that seeks to create opportunities for healthcare professionals to learn their respective practices in an integrated way; it occurs whenever "two or more professions learn with, from and about each other to improve collaboration and the quality of care".
