ANNOUNCEMENT: First Symposium for Interprofessional Education in Africa (21-22 September 2017, Windhoek, Namibia)

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The Africa Interprofessional Education Network (AfrIPEN) and the University of Namibia invite you to the
FirstSymposium for Interprofessional Education in Africa.
This symposium follows the establishment of AfrIPEN in 2015 and the Network’s first strategic planning
workshop in 2016.
AfrIPEN’s aim is to establish interprofessional education and collaborative practice (IPE) as integral part in
training the health workforce and in the effective functioning of systems for health in Sub-Saharan Africa by
advocating for, collaborating on, promoting and sharing good practice of IPE.
Collaboration and participation from all stakeholders are important. All participants are expected to share
their experiences (whether they present an abstract or not) and learn from each other. This will not be a
symposium where you can just sit back and listen. Participation is required! Accepted presentations will be
posted on the www.afripen.org website.
SYMPOSIUM THEMES
 IPE: Building partnerships
 IPE: Sharing best practice and educational resources
 IPE: Faculty development
 IPE: Collaborative research
EVENT DETAILS:
Dates: Thursday 21 September 2017: 08:00 – 16:00
Friday 22 September 2017: 08:00 –15:30
Venue: Health Sciences Campus, University of Namibia, Windhoek, Namibia
Cost: NAD 1200 per person (ZAR 1200 / USD 100)
(Namibian health professionals NAD 750 / ZAR 750)
CPD: 6 CPD points will be issues by South African institution (attendance certificate will also be
provided)

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IMPORTANT DATES
Abstract submission deadline: 22 May 2017 @ 10:00 UTC
Notification of outcome: 19 June 2017
Registration closes: 4 September 2017
REGISTRATION NOW
Click here to register now (http://tiny.cc/afripen2017register)
or scan the QR code
PAY NOW
Please register first before you make the payment. As part of the registration process you can request an
upfront invoice.
You can pay by making a bank transfer (EFT) or by credit card through PayPal (this option will be available on
the AfrIPEN website shortly). The currency for payment is South African Rand (ZAR). Payments will be
processed by Integrow Health.
Direct deposits can be made to:
 Account Holder: Integrow Health
 Bank: Standard Bank
 Account number: 082874778
 Branch number: 051001
 SWIFT code: SBZAZAJJ
 Address: 100 York Street, George, Western Cape, South Africa, 6529
 Reference: AfrIPEN “Your Initial & Surname”
ACCOMMODATION:
Information will soon be available on the AfrIPEN website: www.afripen.org
CONTACT THE SYMPOSIUM ORGANISING COMMITTEE:
Dr Marius Hedimbi (Host Organiser)
Mobile: +264 81 148 9978 | Email: mhedimbi@unam.na
Dr Stefanus Snyman
Mobile: +27 82 557 1056 | E-mail: ssnyman@sun.ac.za

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DRAFT PROGRAMME
THURSDAY 21 SEPTEMBER 2017
Time Item Speakers / Facilitators
07:30 – 08:30 Registration
08:30 – 09:00 Welcome University of Namibia
IPE in Africa in a nutshell Dr Stefanus Snyman
09:00 – 09:45 All together better health: Building
strong partnerships for IPE
Prof John Gilbert (University of British Columbia &
University of Dalhousie, Canada)
09:45 – 10:30 Building relationship Getting to know each other (Ice breaker & role
clarification exercise)
10:30 – 11:00 BREAK
11:00 – 11:45 Capacity building for IPE and sharing
educational resources
Prof Jill Thistlethwaite (University of Sydney,
Australia)
11:45 – 12:45 PARALLEL PRESENTATIONS
12:45 – 14:00 LUNCH & POSTERS
14:00 – 15:30 IPE WORLD CAFÉ: Sharing resources and case studies to develop competencies for
Interprofessional Collaborative Practice (Bring along resources)
15:30 – 16:00 BREAK
16:00 – 17:30 AfrIPEN AGM & Launch of Resource sharing website (Open meeting)
19:30 – 22:00 OPTIONAL:
Symposium dinner to continue our conversations at a restaurant. For everyone’s own cost
(informal).
FRIDAY 22 SEPTEMBER 2017
Time Item Speakers / Facilitators
08:00 – 08:30 Reflection on Day 1
08:30 – 09:30 Collaborative research for IPE in Sub-
Saharan Africa: global to local (global
lessons to outcomes of Research
Workshop)
Prof Jill Thistlethwaite (University of Sydney,
Australia) & ?AfrIPEN representative
09:30 – 10:30 Organisational reform to facilitate IPECP
(incl touching on policies)
Prof John Gilbert (University of British Columbia (
Dalhousie, Canada) & ?AfrIPEN IPE Policy Work
group
10:30 – 11:00 BREAK & POSTERS
11:00 – 12:30 PARALLEL PRESENTATIONS
12:30 – 13:30 LUNCH & POSTERS
13:30 – 14:30 PARALLEL SESSION: AfrIPEN Task Team planning
14:30 – 15:15 Feedback from Work Group
15:15 – 15:30 Wrap Up & Closure

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IMPORTANT DATES
Abstract submission deadline: 22 May 2017 @ 10:00 GMT
Notification of outcome: 19 June 2017
Registration closes: 4 September 2017
Dates: Thursday 21 September 2017: 08:00 – 16:00
Friday 22 September 2017: 08:00 – 15:30
SYMPOSIUM THEMES
1. IPE: BUILDING PARTNERSHIPS
The focus of this theme is to explore evidence how to build partnerships to facilitate effective
Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice (IPECP): within an institution, between an institution
and service providers, between institutions, as well as nationally and internationally. This also includes
policies and systems to promote IPE.
2. IPE: SHARING BEST PRACTICE AND EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES
Within the AfrIPEN family there is a great willingness to share models of IPE delivery and also educational
resources. The organising committee calls for abstracts sharing innovative case studies of IPE. During an IPE
World Café attendants will also have the opportunity to learn more about each other’s innovative approaches
and to share their resources.
3. IPE: FACULTY DEVELOPMENT
Developing the capacity of faculty to inculcate the competencies of interprofessional collaborative practice
of students and service providers is pivotal to transform health professions education. Abstracts are invited
presenting evidence of effective capacity building initiatives.

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4. IPE: COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH
Evidence of the impact of IPECP on student learning, health care provision and patient outcomes are needed
in Sub-Saharan Africa. Educational research related to IPE should provide more than individual “show-and-
tell” case studies and the perceptions of students. This challenges us to embark on initiatives of collaborative
research across institutional and national boundaries. Are you involved in collaborative IPE research? Please
submit it!
SELECTION CRITERIA
Abstracts will be reviewed by the Symposium Organising Committee. The following principles will be used
in selecting the abstracts for presentation.
 The abstract addresses at least one of the themes of the symposium
 The content of the abstract is clear and logical
 Clear take home messages are included.
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
Abstract submission must be made electronically at http://tiny.cc/afripen2017
or by scanning the QR code.
To save costs we are not making use of an expensive abstract submission
systems, but of Google Forms. All correspondence will be with the presenter.
The available word count is indicated below.
PRESENTATION FORMATS
The Scientific Committee may accept the abstract for presentation, in English, in one of the following
formats:
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
The topic is delivered verbally, generally accompanied by visual information in the form of PowerPoint
slides. The talks are 10 minutes in length followed by 5 minutes for questions.
POSTER PRESENTATIONS
The topic is delivered using brief written statements and graphic materials, such as charts, figures and
photographs displayed on a poster board. Presenters have the opportunity to discuss their work with
symposium participants during designated times in the programme. The dimensions of the poster should
be A0 paper size (portrait orientation) (841 x 1189 mm / 33.1 x 46.8 in).
Abstract authors may specify their preferred format. It should be noted that there is very limited time
during the symposium for oral presentations. Abstracts not selected for oral presentation will be offered
the opportunity to present their work as a poster.

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SUBMISSIONS SHOULD INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING:
Title [20 words]: Clearly describes the abstract.
Author(s): Name of presenter and co-authors; organisation/institution, city, address, country,
e-mail, mobile telephone.
Abstract [350 words]:
Background: The context for the work.
Purpose: The major reason for undertaking the work and any
secondary objectives.
Methods: Principles, methods/approaches involved.
Results: Summary of the main findings.
Conclusion(s): What can be concluded from your work? What are the
suggestions for future work?
Take home message: The implications of your work and how will the results be
translated into practice / management / education / policy.
Keywords: Use up to three keywords to describe your work.
Funding acknowledgements [20 words]: Please acknowledge all funding sources that supported
your work. If the work was unfunded, please state this.
Ethics approval [20 words]: Please name the ethics committee that approved your
work, where appropriate. If ethics approval was not
required, or you do not have an ethics system in your
country, please state this.
Preference for oral or poster presentation: Oral/poster
GENERAL INFORMATION
1. The symposium language is English and all abstracts and presentations must be made in English.
Translation will not be provided.
2. An abstract must be submitted online for each proposed presentation.
3. The abstract will be reproduced in a poster booklet and made available on the www.afripen.org
website as submitted by the author. It is the author’s responsibility to submit a correct abstract.
4. Authors are requested to make their slide presentations available for publication on
www.afripen.org.
5. All abstracts submitted should reflect at least one of the symposium themes.
6. All correspondence will be with the person who submits the abstract online, including notification
of the outcome. This person is responsible for informing all authors of the status of the abstract.
7. Abstract authors are responsible for providing all copyright permissions for material included in
their abstracts and presentations.
8. The scheduling of all presentations will be determined by the Symposium Organising Committee to
ensure best fit with the overall programme. Any requests for specific times will not be considered.
Similar abstracts in related topic areas will be grouped together for presentation.
9. PowerPoint presentation will be the only resource available for oral presentations.
10. The presentation should include the same content and follow the same outline as that described in
the abstract.
11. All decisions of the Symposium Organising Committee are final.

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CONSENT, PERMISSIONS AND COPYRIGHT
In submitting an abstract you must confirm that:
 you accept responsibility for the accuracy of the submitted abstract and understand that the
content cannot be modified or corrected after the submission deadline and that it will be published
exactly as submitted.
 all co-authors are aware of and agree to the content of the abstract and support the data
presented
 you accept responsibility as the contact person for all correspondence about the abstract and to
share information with all authors about its status
 you have secured any copyright/permissions clearance required relating to any previous
presentations, equipment or other material for inclusion in the symposium and symposium
publications
 for all studies involving human participants or animal subjects, permission has been obtained from
the relevant regulatory authority and properly informed consent given where appropriate
 the work is original, except for extracts from copyrighted works used with permission from the
copyright holders, and that it does not infringe upon any copyright, proprietary, or personal right of
any third party
 you have identified any potential conflicts of interest
When completing the online submission process the submitter will be asked to confirm that the presenting
author has read and understood the general information and the requirements they are expected to fulfil.
SUBMIT ABSTRACT
Click here to submit abstract (http://tiny.cc/afripen2017)
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ENQUIRIES
Dr Marius Hedimbi (Host Organiser): Mobile: +264 81 148 9978 | Email: mhedimbi@unam.na
Dr Stefanus Snyman (AfrIPEN chairperson): Mobile: +27 82 557 1056 | E-mail: ssnyman@sun.ac.za
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