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Students are encouraged to learn with, and from one another to provide collaborative, patient-centred care.
From the start of their studies, students share their experiences as part of their learning. With our students coming from a wide range of life and health-industry backgrounds, we encourage this sharing and learning from others as they build their understanding of how others' experiences shape beliefs and perspectives. As the first 2 subjects (RADY5024 Professional Issues for Sonographers and RADY5030 Ultrasound Physics and Instrumentation) are common across all Medical Sonography programs, the students get opportunity to have interprofessional learning with students who are studying a different stream to them - such as cardiac or vascular sonography. This interprofessional learning is important as these sonographers from other steams do not often work in a medical imaging practice and allows the students to see different perspectives in their interprofessional learning.
Another example is the simulation of scenarios such as breaking bad news. This could be in relation to fetal demise or the discovery of a malignant lesion. Online discussion forums are used and role plays are done in practical skills hands-on workshops. A simulated environment is presented in a collaborative group scenario where students are provided ultrasound results, and are then asked to discuss these findings with the patient, in collaboration with their supervising sonographer or a radiologist.
With our students rarely being on campus to interact with students from other courses, the ultimate interprofessional learning stems from their professional interactions in their training workplaces. Students regularly discuss any interesting interactions they may have had with other health professionals, which leads to greater discussion among their student colleagues, closely monitored by the teaching academics.
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