Report of Attendance at All Together Better Health VIII (ATBH VIII)
Date: 6-9 September 2016
Venue: Examination Halls and Sheldonian Theatre,
Oxford University, Oxford UK.
Attendance from Gunma University:
Hiromitsu Shinozaki:
Vice Director of Gunma University Centre for Research and Training on Interprofessional Education(GCRTIPE), Manager of Promoting Office of Interprofessional Education(POIPE), Professor of Graduate School of Health Sciences(GSHS) (Figure 1)Participants from Gunma University and
Dr. Jim Campbell (Director, Health Workforce, WHO HQ)
Takatoshi Makino:
Member of GCRTIPE and POIPE, Associate Professor of GSHS
Yoshiharu Tokita:
Member of GCRTIPE and POIPE, Assistant Professor of GSHS
Mana Shimizu: Undergraduate student, School of Health Sciences
Summery in brief
All Together Better Health is the world’s largest and longest-running global biennial conference series with a goal of advancing interprofessional practice and education for better health. ATBH VIII was held 6-9 September 2016 in Oxford UK hosted by University of Oxford and Oxford Brookes University. The main theme of conference was “Values Based Interprofessional Education and Practice.”
As described in the TOR 1 of WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Training in Interprofessional Education of Gunma University, Japan Interprofessional Working and Education Network (JIPWEN) universities participated actively in this international conference, ATBH VIII to contribute to better understanding of IPE in the context of overall transformative scaling up of health professional education. Presentations reported in ATBH VIII were described in the Annex. (Figure 1)
During ATBH VIII conference, World Coordinating Committee (WCC) meeting was held. The participation of AfriPEN in the WCC has been approved and the information about ATBH IX which will be held in Auckland NZ in 2018 was reported in WCC meeting. (Figure 2)
21 September, 2016
GCRTIPE and POIPE
Hiromitsu Shinozaki
Annex 1: Presentation from JIPWEN universities and the related institutions
Presentations from JIPWEN universities (Figure 3)
The outcome of IPE programs – from a students’ perspective – (Gunma University)
Development of an interprofessional competency framework in Japan
Evaluation on Interprofessional Education Programme for Sustainable Development
Presentation from the institutions which participated in the Training Couse in Gunma University
1. Carmelo C. Cunanan, Daniel R. Kambey, Lap Ki Chan, Stefanus Snyman (Indonesia)
Starting IPECP networks from scratch: Sharing and learning from each other in overcoming challenges
2. Aprilia Ekawati Utami, Daniel Richard Kambey, Intan Ahmad (Indonesia)
Reforming the national health professions education: Lessons learned from establishing independent National Accreditation Agency and National Agency of
Competence Examination for Health Professions in Indonesia
3. Michael Sy (Philippines)
Interprofessional Education Experience of Filipino Rehabilitation Professionals and Their Attitudes towards Interprofessional Collaboration
4. Naomi Kano, Hiroyuki Tsushima, Sawako Saito, Takeshi Baba, Toshiyuki Shoji, Megumi Takizawa, Reiko Takeshima, Mika Tomita, Junko Kira
(Ibaraki Prefectural University)
Development of student competence scale for interprofessional collaborative practice at the time of graduation
5. Ryoko Tomizawa, Naotugu Hirabayashi, Masahiro Sigeta, Scott Reeves (National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry)
Validation of a global scale to assess the quality of interprofessional teamwork in mental health settings
