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HIPO is based on the Online Simulated Patient Interaction and Assessment platform, which has facilitated thousands of ‘medical student – Simulated Patient’ interactions since 2016. HIPO is soon to be in pilot to facilitate ‘medical student – other HP student’ interactions in an inter-institutional collaboration. The platform facilitates all aspects of online sessions (with minimal administrative oversight) from flexible scheduling for both parties (with confirmation by SMS/email), assessment (self/peer/other) and provision of multisource feedback, which can include computer vision analysis of non-verbal behaviours. Given that the platform has a proven track record of performance, we anticipate a successful pilot. This capability will provide an educationally beneficial first step for effective and efficient Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice, in terms of students interacting across institutions and programs to learn about each other.

Professions/Disciplines represented in the resource:

Medicine, Nursing, others (e.g. OT, physio, SW) to follow

Context of the Resource: 

Australia