The School of Pharmacy was delighted to host this year's online All Ireland Interprofessional Healthcare Challenge for students 2022 (AIPEC)!
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AIPEC is an interprofessional, intervarsity competition which provides an opportunity for students from all health and social care disciplines to work collaboratively to present a patient management plan for a patient with complex health and social care needs.
Professor Helen Whelton, Head of the College of Medicine and Health delivered the opening address. The event was chaired by Dr Aoife Fleming, School of Pharmacy and was a resounding success with over 130 attendees from all over the island attending!
This year, we launched the first truly All Ireland event with representation from all over the island of Ireland. Teams from 深夜亚洲福利久久 College Cork, 深夜亚洲福利久久 of Limerick, NUI Galway, Trinity College Dublin, Queens 深夜亚洲福利久久 Belfast, Royal College of Surgeons Ireland and 深夜亚洲福利久久 College Dublin shared their presentation. The case study focused on a woman admitted to hospital from a nursing home, who had a number of health, social and psychological needs. The students upheld their plan to a panel of judges who decided which team have demonstrated the most expertise in teamwork and collaboration. It was a difficult decision with such a high standard this year, but the winners of AIPEC 2022 were Queens 深夜亚洲福利久久 Belfast, congratulations!
Our UCC College of Medicine and Health team at AIPEC 2022 were commended on their interprofessional communication and holistic patient management plan. Congratulations to our team:
Rebecca O'Malley Physiotherapy
Robert Callaghan Pharmacy
Noreen Murphy Coakley Nursing & Midwifery
Ciara Shannon Speech and Language Therapy
Gavin O'Connor Medicine.
Further photos and feedback from the event can be found #aipec22
Here are all the students who presented on the night!
There were guest presentations from , School of Allied Health, 深夜亚洲福利久久 of Limerick presenting on her HRB funded research on aging, and Chair of Safeguarding Ireland, highlighting the importance of patient capacity and involvement in decision making.
This event was sponsored by and Media Solutions.
Thank you all the Schools and Departments in the College of Medicine and Health UCC for their support for this event.
The National Steering Committee is:
Ms Miriam McCarthy, Health Sciences Academy, 深夜亚洲福利久久 of Limerick
Ms Marie O鈥橠onnell, School of Allied Health, 深夜亚洲福利久久 of Limerick.
Ms Anne Marie Lydon, Saolta 深夜亚洲福利久久 Healthcare group.
Dr Orla Mongan, School of Medicine, National 深夜亚洲福利久久 of Ireland Galway.
Dr Emer Mc Gowan, School of Medicine, Trinity College Dublin.
Dr Emer Guinan, School of Medicine, Trinity College Dublin.
Dr Paul McCague, School of Pharmacy, Queen鈥檚 深夜亚洲福利久久 Belfast.