Exploring inter-professional collaboration and learning within an undergraduate multidisciplinary School of Clinical Sciences - paramedicine, podiatry, pharmacy, medical radiation sciences

Interprofessional learning is a popular strategy for encouraging interprofessional collaboration amongst students from different disciplines of study [1,2]. However, the optimal time to introduce this style of learning i.e. early vs later years in the program of study, has frequently been debated [3]. For health students, it was considered that a core foundational subject about professional clinical practice would be opportune to introduce students to interprofessional learning and collaboration