The last Postgraduate Mix and Mingle of 2014 was held at the North Campus on October 16, 2014. Those who attended were met with good weather, good food and good company, and were treated to an engaging presentation by Jane Morgan.
Jane’s presentation was of the research design and findings from an explorative descriptive study, utilising a hermeneutic phenomenological methodology to study the temporal developmental process of health science graduates’ first year of professional practice in contemporary health care contexts. Specifically, the research focused on 18 graduates from six health professions, who developed their practice in working contexts that intersect professional boundaries. Findings of the research identified graduates’ strengthened identity in their distinct professions resulted from working at and beyond the interface of professional knowledge and practice boundaries, along with expanding orientations to health and extended knowledge through working collaboratively among professions. The findings support the need for both professional and interprofessional education in preparing students with graduate capability for working collaboratively among professions in actioning complex indeterminate person-centred health care.
We’ve received a few photos from the event, which we’ve posted on our Facebook page for viewing:
