Table 1.

The values and processes recommended within interprofessional education and learning.²²

Values

Processes

Focuses on the needs of individuals, families and communities to improve their quality of care, health outcomes and well-being Applies equal opportunities within and between the professions and all with whom they learn and work Respects individuality, difference and diversity within and between the professions and all with whom they learn and work Sustains the identity and expertise of each profession Promotes parity between professions in the learning environment Instils interprofessional values and perspectives throughout uniprofessional and multiprofessional learning

Comprises a continuum of learning for education, health, managerial, medical, social care and other professions Reviewing policy and practice critically from different perspectives Deals in difference as it searches for common ground Encourages student’ participation in planning, progressing and evaluating their learning Enables the professions to learn with, from and about each other to optimise exchange of experience and expertise Integrates learning in college and the workplace Synthesises theory and practice Carries credit towards professional qualifications