Norwegian IPE equals TPS

In Norway, interprofessional education is termed tverrprofesjonell samarbeidslæring, abbreviated TPS. There has been done interesting IPE/TPS projects in Norway.

At the University of Bergen, they have had a project abbreviated TVEPS for several years. TVEPS has its own website which can be visited here:

http://www.uib.no/tveps


At the University of Tromsø there have been held several pilots including real patient encounters. Also, the University of Tromsø has had an introductory course for all health profession students for many years. You can read more about this introductory course here:

https://uit.no/utdanning/emner/emne?p_document_id=368344


Interprofessional e-learning is still new in Norway. Here is an article discussing current experiences with e-learning and IPE:

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mette_Toien/publication/261092985_Evaluering_av_klinisk_stige_ved_intensivseksjonen_Rikshospitalet-Norge/links/53d89dd80cf2e38c63318099.pdf#page=19