ABSTRACT

This concluding chapter provides a brief reminder of why interprofessional learning (IPL) facilitation needs improving and where it takes place. It examines the lessons learnt from the PIPE project using the emerging evidence. The chapter presents a set of principles for IPL facilitation. It proposes an IPL facilitation preparation strategy. The PIPE project aim was to find ways to improve teacher/facilitator preparation for IPL, in both academic settings and in the workplace to ensure high quality teaching of IPL. The chapter offers an overview of the project findings and a number of proposals on how to develop, sustain and embed the preparation of facilitators of IPL for health and social care. The chapter also presents some closing thoughts on the concepts covered in the preceding chapters of the book. The book explores learning in the form of research-based evidence, some frameworks, possible theories and ideas, practical suggestions and a set of principles for the role of IPL facilitator.