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SESSION DETAILS
Learning Together, Working Together: How IPE Cultivates Effective Collaborative Practice
Session Type:
Symposium
Session Date:
16 May 2026 (Saturday)
Session Time (GMT+8):
1410 - 1510
Session Venue:
NAK Auditorium
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Implementing IPE in Primary Care: Enablers and Barriers
Dr Lee Cia Sin
Perspectives on Interprofessional Collaborative Primary Care Practice within Singapore’s Polyclinics
This presentation shares findings from the first qualitative study within Asia that examines interprofessional collaborative practice (IPC) within Singapore's polyclinic teamlets. Through focus group discussions with 27 healthcare providers (doctors, care managers, and care coordinators) across seven polyclinics, we identified three interconnected factor categories essential for successful teamlet collaboration.
Personal factors - including respectfulness, trustworthiness, proactivity, and collaborative mindset - form the foundational person-centred traits that enable effective teamwork.
Interpersonal factors - encompassing role clarity, open communication, mutual support, and collective learning - create the relational infrastructure for coordinated care delivery, with gradual improvement in standards of care. While care managers and coordinators collaborate effectively, structural barriers limit doctor engagement.
System factors - leadership quality, inclusive team huddles, user-friendly technology, and balanced performance indicators - either enable or constrain collaborative practice. Current quantitative KPIs consistently emerged as collaboration barriers.
This research reveals that successful IPC requires viewing these factors as dynamically interconnected rather than discrete elements. Key recommendations include enhancing collaborative IT platforms, creating structural incentives for doctor-care manager partnerships, incorporating qualitative metrics to assess patient-centred care, and ensuring inclusive team huddles to optimise primary care delivery in Singapore's evolving healthcare landscape.
Dr Haresh S/O Singaraju
Facilitating interprofessional collaboration through MyChaTime
"MyChaTime," is a ground-up IPE initiative piloted at Marine Parade Polyclinic to address common topics that emerge in interprofessional work. Facilitated by four representatives from the various departments, it is designed to directly target the identified barriers through short, interactive lunchtime sessions. The evaluation of the program demonstrated significant success, leading to concrete, positive changes in clinical workflows, such as improved documentation, clearer role delineation, as well as better teamwork and enhanced communication for better patient care.
Dr Navpreet Kaur
A Sustainable Approach to Advanced Interprofessional Learning
Dr Predeebha d/o P N Kannan
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