Embedding Interprofessional Learning into Undergraduate Health Science Programmes: Developing an Interprofessional Learning Zone (IPLZ)

Abstract

This chapter will illustrate the process of developing sustainable undergraduate interprofessional education through embedding interprofessional learning within existing professional health programmes of study. Specifically, the evolving development of an interprofessional learning zone (IPLZ) is detailed. This has involved students and academic staff from seven clinical health professions collaborating on a shared vision, aims, pedagogy and the pragmatics of developing the health science undergraduate interprofessional learning zone at Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand (Interprofessional Steering Committee, 2018).