Psychosocial Inter-Professional Education (PIPE) project: a multidisciplinary student collaboration

The aim of the Psychosocial Inter-Professional Education (PIPE) project is to increase health professional students' awareness and skills in interprofessional collaboration in the perinatal period. Significant poor outcomes result from women experiencing complex issues in the perinatal period. It is critical that students have the knowledge and skills to work effectively and collaboratively in multidisciplinary teams with facilitator guided scenarios that include simulated meetings, joint care planning, role playing interactions between women and professionals and designing referral pathways. Short videos of such interactions were prepared in advance and embedded into scenarios. This innovative collaboration was created in a unit for student midwives, medical, psychology and social work students.