City awarded London Higher grant for expanding the “Interprofessional Reflective Practice Project” (IRPP).
By City Press Office (City Press Office), Published
Three projects by City, University of London, London South Bank University (LSBU) and King’s College London, aimed at benefitting London-based healthcare education with the potential to enhance the London healthcare economy, have been awarded funding by London Higher following a successful competitive bid.
City’s winning project, Interprofessional Reflective Practice Project (IRPP), started in 2020 to enable trainees from years two and three of the Professional Doctorate in Counselling Psychology (‘CP trainees’) to facilitate reflective practice groups for GSTT GP trainees (‘GP trainees’) across all years of training.
IRPP will involve researching and using the evidence gathered to assess the effectiveness and impact of this work in the areas of well-being, professional identity, increased understanding between groups, collaboration and communication.
London Higher is an ‘umbrella’ body representing nearly 50 universities and higher education colleges in London, as well as a range of alternative providers and campus centres. It is the largest and most varied of the regional university associations and networks in the UK.
Dr Fran Smith Lecturer in the Department of Psychology, City, University of London and recipient of some of the funding said:
Jolanta Edwards, Director of Strategy at London Higher and healthcare and medicine lead said:
Professor Katherine Curtis, Interim Dean, Faculty of Health, Science, Social Care and Education at Kingston University and Chair of London Higher’s healthcare group said:
City’s capacity to deliver healthcare training will be enhanced by this investment and help deliver highly skilled graduates to the healthcare workplace.
If successful, IRPP can be rolled out to other London-based GP specialist training schemes and healthcare trainee groups.
Written by Chiara Petrini Rossi, Communications Assistant at City, University of London.