The School of Pharmacy was delighted to host this year's online All Ireland Interprofessional Healthcare Challenge for students 2022 (AIPEC)!

25 Mar 2022

AIPEC is an interprofessional, intervarsity competition which provides an opportunity for students from all health and social care disciplines to work collaboratively to present a patient management plan for a patient with complex health and social care needs.

Professor Helen Whelton, Head of the College of Medicine and Health delivered the opening address. The event was chaired by Dr Aoife Fleming, School of Pharmacy and was a resounding success with over 130 attendees from all over the island attending!

This year, we launched the first truly All Ireland event with representation from all over the island of Ireland. Teams from University College Cork, University of Limerick, NUI Galway, Trinity College Dublin, Queens University Belfast, Royal College of Surgeons Ireland and University College Dublin shared their presentation. The case study focused on a woman admitted to hospital from a nursing home, who had a number of health, social and psychological needs. The students upheld their plan to a panel of judges who decided which team have demonstrated the most expertise in teamwork and collaboration. It was a difficult decision with such a high standard this year, but the winners of AIPEC 2022 were Queens University Belfast, congratulations!

Our UCC College of Medicine and Health team at AIPEC 2022 were commended on their interprofessional communication and holistic patient management plan. Congratulations to our team:

Rebecca O'Malley Physiotherapy

Robert Callaghan Pharmacy

Noreen Murphy Coakley Nursing & Midwifery

Ciara Shannon Speech and Language Therapy

Gavin O'Connor Medicine. 

Further photos and feedback from the event can be found @AIPEC22 #aipec22

Here are all the students who presented on the night!

There were guest presentations from Professor Rose Galvin, School of Allied Health, University of Limerick presenting on her HRB funded research on aging, and Ms Patricia Rickard-Clarke Chair of Safeguarding Ireland, highlighting the importance of patient capacity and involvement in decision making.

This event was sponsored by The National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education and IMS Media Solutions.

Thank you all the Schools and Departments in the College of Medicine and Health UCC for their support for this event.

The National Steering Committee is:

Ms Miriam McCarthy, Health Sciences Academy, University of Limerick

Ms Marie O’Donnell, School of Allied Health, University of Limerick.

Ms Anne Marie Lydon, Saolta University Healthcare group.

Dr Orla Mongan, School of Medicine, National University of Ireland Galway.

Dr Emer Mc Gowan, School of Medicine, Trinity College Dublin.

Dr Emer Guinan, School of Medicine, Trinity College Dublin.

Dr Paul McCague, School of Pharmacy, Queen’s University Belfast.