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Better Together

Better Together. Inter-Professional Collaboration: Simulating Partnership Working in the Built Environment. Anne Oxley - Sheffield Hallam University Paul Swann - Kingston University 2nd September 2002. http://www.bettertogether.ac.uk. Main focus of work.

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Better Together

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  1. Better Together Inter-Professional Collaboration: Simulating Partnership Working in the Built Environment Anne Oxley - Sheffield Hallam University Paul Swann - Kingston University 2nd September 2002 http://www.bettertogether.ac.uk

  2. Main focus of work • Inter-professional (IP) agendas • What’s already happening elsewhere • Benefits and issues of IP learning & working • Influencing the professional bodies • Inter-professional skills and knowledge

  3. Widening the discussion • new insights • avoid duplication • share experience • support/challenge our findings on IPE • look for future collaboration/funding • joint publication

  4. Working definitions • 1. Inter-Professionality • Where a relationship exists between two or more professions (e.g. Planning and Surveying) with some notion of reciprocity. • 2. Inter-Professional Education • A learning process in which different professionals learn from and about each other in order to develop collaborative practice.

  5. Inter-Professional skills & knowledge 1. Inter-Professional understanding 2. Communication 3. Joint project working 4. Enthusiasm/flair 5. Technical knowledge 6. Management skills 7. Team working 8. Willingness to learn 9. Leadership skills 10. Critical thinking • Source: Project Milestone 1 Report

  6. Barriers to Inter-Professional Working • Respondents cited: • professional territory • organisational structures • attitudes & stereotypical views • issues of power and control • lack of communication • poor subject management • resource constraints • lack of sharing good practice • lack of staff development opportunities • Source: Project Milestone 1 Report

  7. Some generic issues • organisational structures • staff attitudes • assessment • facilities management • positive engagement with students • cost of moving to a more inter-professional educational portfolio • benefits • influence of professional bodies • levels of delivery

  8. Built environment specific issues? • professional identity • traditional cultures • gender • collaborative partnerships • changing employment practice • drivers • legislation • role of the professional bodies

  9. Some Questions • Which of these issues are common to your subject area? • Can we develop inter-professional education in amore generic way or • Are we missing something?

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