1. LANDSPÍTALI – HÁSKÓLASJÚKRAHÚS STAÐUR, DEILD 8th Nordic Conference for University Hospitals and Faculty Deans Multiprofessional medical education Turku, 27. of August 2004

2. LANDSPÍTALI – UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL UNIVERSITY of ICELAND, FACULTY of MEDICINE Multiprofessional education for multiple healthcare professionals Kristján Erlendsson MD Director of Medical Education, Office of Medical Education, Research and Development, Landspitalinn – University Hospital and Associate Dean of Students, Vice Dean, Faculty of Medicine University of Iceland

3. LANDSPÍTALI – UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL UNIVERSITY of ICELAND, FACULTY of MEDICINE Co-operating healthcare professionals Doctors Nurses Physiotherapists Pharmacists etc. Common tasks – common goals

4. LANDSPÍTALI – UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL UNIVERSITY of ICELAND, FACULTY of MEDICINE Doctors and nurses, work and education Common traits and characteristics Different roles, approach, patient expectations Nurses educated as doctors (?) Are there benefits in the differences?

5. LANDSPÍTALI – UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL UNIVERSITY of ICELAND, FACULTY of MEDICINE Changes in nursing background University education from 1973 Special Faculty since 2000 Additional emphasis on management, evidence based health care, health informatics and research - Hospital rather than outpatient -

6. LANDSPÍTALI – UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL UNIVERSITY of ICELAND, FACULTY of MEDICINE Multiprofessional education (AMEE) Shared teaching Shared learning The difference between early (too early) and late (too late)

7. LANDSPÍTALI – UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL UNIVERSITY of ICELAND, FACULTY of MEDICINE Multiprofessional medical education Attempts made in Iceland Patient centered teams Hospital nurses´ day for medical students Students on wards learn from nurses Medical students educated in professionalism Doctor – patient realtionship - teamwork

8. LANDSPÍTALI – UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL UNIVERSITY of ICELAND, FACULTY of MEDICINE Multiprofessional education Should we organize common classes? What about allocation of time and other aspects of curriculum?

9. LANDSPÍTALI – UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL UNIVERSITY of ICELAND, FACULTY of MEDICINE Multiprofessional education Does everybody (anybody?!) really want it? Does such a change make the difference between professions unclear/murky? Is it for the patients or the professions? Do the patients benefit? Does the academia benefit? How are we going to evaluate?

10. LANDSPÍTALI – UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL UNIVERSITY of ICELAND, FACULTY of MEDICINE