Latest news All Dates for academic year 07/08 IPL Unit 1 Resits: 14-18/07/08 & 1-5/09/08 Dates for academic year 08/09 IPL Unit 1: Week A: 3-7/11/08 IPL Unit 1: Week B: 23-27/02/09 IPL Unit 1 Resits: 13-17/07/09 & 7-11/09/09 IPL Unit 2: 2-13/03/09 IPL Unit 2 Resits: 6-17/07/09 IPL Unit 3: Placement Block: 10-21/11/08 IPL Unit 3: Study Block & Resit placement: 09-20/02/09

You are entering a health and social care career at a time of immense excitement and change in the way that modern public services are delivered.

It is now recognized that in order to deliver services centered specifically around the needs of patients/clients, it is vital to improve communication and working relationships between professionals.

To prepare you to meet this challenge the Universities of Southampton and Portsmouth are committed to ensuring that students studying:

	Audiology
	Applied Medical Technology
	Health and Social Care
	Medicine
	Medical Imaging
	Midwifery
	Nursing
	Occupational Therapy
	Paramedic Science
	Pharmacy
	Physiotherapy
	Podiatry
	Radiography
	Social work (Southampton) (Portsmouth)

are given the opportunity to learn and work together through an interprofessional model of education. This exciting element of your programme will help equip you to work in teams in the context of modern health and social care services. You will play a vital role in contributing to a national and historic research project over a number of years tracking the impact of team working in practice.