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Abstract
Background The majority of Inter- professional education (IPE) is based in the hospital environment.
The Children and Young People’s Health Partnership (CYPHP) have implemented a new model of integrated care in the community.
We present a tried and tested method for designing and delivering a simulation based education (SBE) programmefor IPE in community based Paediatrics.
Aims and objectives Design and deliver an IPE programme using SBE to meet shared SMART objectives.
Methods Before design of the programme a comprehensive needs analysis was conducted with stake holders and designers to ensure shared Learning objectives were met.
The programme, simulation scenarios and publicity campaign were designed.
A pilot day was run to refine programme.
During the 6 date programme feedback from delegates, faculty and stakeholders was used to inform future dates.
After the programme, cthe programme was internally evaluated to improve for further use.
Main findings Thematic analysis revealed:
Stakeholder feedback
Faculty feedback
Delegate feedback
Quantitative data analysis revealed statistically significant differences in course-specific measures around confidence, multi-disciplinary team working and quality of care provision.
Conclusions and recommendations Educators can use SBE for IPE in a community context.
SBE is a helpful modality to immerse delegates in a scenario to safely analyse Human factors and integrate better together.
This design process can be applied to other community based specialties and can be extended to interested hospital specialties to better improve integration.