1Principal, Manipal School of Nursing Manipal, MCON, MU, Manipal
2Dean, Manipal College of Nursing, Manipal, Manipal University, Manipal
*Corresponding author: Kasturi R Adiga, Principal, MSON, MCON, MU, Manipal. E-mail: Kasturi.adiga@manipal.edu, principalmsonmpl@gmail.com, Contact No.: 9449773358
The goal of any health profession is to improve the overall quality of health care. Educational experts in related fields are striving to achieve this through various means. The present focus is on global health through inter-disciplinary approaches. Inter-professional education (IPE) is the formal and additional learning experience for the health professionals over and above the specific profession related learning that they undergo, in order to improve and sustain the standard of patient care. This article makes an effort to discuss the evolution and evidence to support, need for and obstacles to and also various strategies to initiate implementation of IPE in the health professions’ training programs.
Interprofessional Education, Health Professionals
