Is this the right time to join Turkey to the European interprofessional education community? (original) (raw)

Journal of Interprofessional Care, 2012

Abstract

Throughout Europe population changes are resulting in reconfigured services relating to the principles of interprofessional teamwork and collaboration. Some of these have been underpinned by government policy. However, there has often been little thought given to how education can align with practice. Interprofessional education (IPE) is widely accepted as the route to prepare the future workforce for these new ways of working. While relevant IPE models exist in the UK and in Europe (e.g. Barr & Ross, 2006; Pelling, Kalen, Hammar, & Wahlström, 2011), and European conferences on IPE have been hosted in Poland, Finland and Belgium (see www.eipen.eu), the position of Turkey (a country which straddles Europe and the East) has been overlooked. This editorial explores whether the timing is right for Turkey to join the European IPE community. Within health and social care education in Turkey, there is little awareness of the full implications for policy change as found in other European states. Nevertheless, Turkey is poised for change, and will soon have to embed the principles of collaborative practice within respective health and social care curriculum and in so doing will propel service change. Support to implement these changes could be found within the European Interprofessional Education Network (EIPEN).

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