Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences
Urgent and Immediate Patient Care Week (UIPC)
Healthcare requires teamwork, including understanding the roles and capabilities of other professions and working with them to achieve a common goal. UIPC is a four-day simulation-based course in which 5th year medical students work with students from other undergraduate programmes to assess and manage patients both in community and hospital settings. Final year nursing and pharmacy students join the medical students across the four days of the course. Interspersed between simulations and subsequent debriefs are practical exercises in skills such as handing over clinical information and prioritising ward calls. In this way UIPC aims to assist with transition to practice.
The course is held 7 times a year at the Simulation Centre for Patient Safety, situated on level B of building 502 on the Grafton campus. An interprofessional faculty designed the course and continues to deliver it. Facilitators include junior doctors with an interest in teaching.
Brief objectives of the course
- Describe the roles and responsibilities of own and other healthcare disciplines.
- Contribute as a constructive team member.
- Collaborate within a healthcare team to deliver patient care.
- Practice information sharing.
- Recognise limits of expertise and how/ when to involve others.
- Use structured communication tools including ISBAR.
- Identify patient safety issues and escalate concerns.
Assessment
The course is formative ie no formal assessment is undertaken. However it is mandatory to attend and take part fully.
Recommended resources
A variety of resources used by junior doctors and nurses in hospitals are made available prior to the course. Pharmacy students are encouraged to use their normal resources.
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