Interprofessional education and training (Better partnership working series)

Pressure is mounting in the UK to adopt interprofessional education (IPE) throughout health and social care in response to government policies, inquiry findings, professional requirements and, above all, the demands of practice. Yet many teachers and students confess themselves either ignorant of its aims and methods for lack of guidance, or confused by conflicting messages. Despite the proliferating interprofessional literature, accessible and affordable texts remain few. Carpenter and Dickinson come to the rescue.