Value of Interprofessional Collaborative Practice and Interprofessional Education in Emergency Practice

Emergency Medicine Symposium
Value of Interprofessional Collaborative Practice and Interprofessional Education in Emergency Practice

Date: 20 Sep 2025, Saturday | Time: 1355 - 1525 | Track Type: Symposium | Venue: L2-S3&S4, Level 1, Academia

The Emergency department is a live ground for a diverse range of clinical presentations. Time sensitive life dependent critical decisions are made every second. The Emergency setting is a highly charged environment as it is busy and patients present in an undifferentiated manner. Various emotions are experienced be it by the patient; their families and also our staff. Quick assessment and timely decisions are essential. This often requires a team based, an interdisciplinary and an interprofessional approach. Each scenario varies and knowing how to respond as a team requires acquisition of hard and soft skill, mastery; agility and consistency. The primary aim of this session is to present the foundations of IPCP and IPE. Raise awareness of the concept of Team Science. Share real life cases in our day-to-day practice and experiences from the lens of practitioners in the ED. There will also be deep-dive into IPE and its application within our Emergency Care Setting. At the end of the session we hope to provide an overview of what is IPCP and IPE , its relevance and importance in emergency clinical practice , how it looks like when incorporated in our training and translates in our emergency care practice.

TOPIC 1:
Emergency Medicine : At the core of IPCP
Speaker: Prof Fatimah Lateef

TOPIC 2:
Engendering Inter-Professional Collaboration in Diving and Hyperbaric Medical Support in the Republic of Singapore Navy
Speaker: Dr Kwek Wei Ming James

TOPIC 3:
CGH ED Experience in Implementing IPE & IPCP
Speaker: Ms Stacey Chong

TOPIC 4:
The IPE/IPCP Initiatives in the Children’s Emergency (CE) Department – Translating into Practice
Speaker: Assoc Prof Sashikumar Ganapathy

TOPIC 5:
Planning and Designing IPE
Speaker: Adj Assoc Prof Goh Guat Keng Yvonne