Application deadline: 05 October 2026
This online activity is an exceptional opportunity for interprofessional learning, designed to enhance interprofessional collaboration and person centered shared decision-making skills across various health- and social care disciplines.
Details
Course Content
- October 19th, 2026
Introduction, program overview, and preparatory tasks. - From October the 20 until the start of the intervention on November 23: preparation by doing the microcredential “Collaborative Shared Decision-Making for Functioning in Digital Rehabilitation“ (partly of fully, with up to 3 additional ECTS).
- November 23, 2026 (Day 1)
Activities: Group formation, introduction to participating professions, and initial discussions. - November 24, 2026 (Day 2)
Activities: Group work on person cases, professional reflections, and interprofessional shared decision-making. - November 26, 2026 (Day 3)
Activities: Development and presentation of treatment plans, persons engagement, and collaborative discussions. - November 27, 2026 (Day 4)
Activities: Group presentations on interprofessional collaboration, feedback, and closing session. - December 3, 2026
Discussion on peer and self-assessment, and reflection on the learning experience.
Course Times
- October 19, 2026 | 15:30 – 17:30 (CET)
Organizational Meeting - November 23, 2026 (Day 1) | 08:30 – 16:00 (CET)
Interprofessional Collaboration - November 24, 2026 (Day 2) | 08:30 – 12:00 (CET)
Group work on person cases - November 26, 2026 (Day 3) | 08:30 – 14:00 (CET)
Shared Decision-Making - November 27, 2026 (Day 4) | 08:30 – 14:00 (CET)
Final Presentations and Reflections - December 3, 2026 | 17:00 – 18:00 (CET)
Reflection Meeting
Tutors
Ingrid Aerts, Anita Kidritsch, Anu Myllyharju-Puikkonen
Study Programme
Citizen-Centered Digital Health and Social Care
ECTS
2 (check “Recognition of ECTS” section for more information)
Contact Hours
23
European Qualifications Framework (EQF)
Bachelor level (EQF6); Master level (EQF7); PhD level (EQF8)
Prerequisites
Background in Health or Social Care
Further information
Recognition of ECTS
Please note that the recognition of the ECTS provided through this activity on your Transcript of Records depends on the decision of the responsible E³UDRES² coordinators or academic authority of your study programme at your home institution. We strongly recommend contacting them before starting an activity that awards ECTS in order to avoid any unexpected difficulties later on.
Depending on their decision, one of the following scenarios may apply:
- Your credits are recognised and can replace another course within your regular study programme.
- Your credits are recognised and can be included in the elective or free-choice space of your study programme (if applicable).
- Your credits are recognised as extra-curricular, meaning they cannot replace another course or be included in the elective or free-choice space of your programme (if applicable).
When contacting the responsible E³UDRES² coordinators at your home institution, please ensure you provide all relevant information about the E³UDRES² activity so they can properly evaluate your request.
Teaching Methods
Inverted Classroom / E-Learning, Case-Based Learning, Group Work, Role Play, Discussion, Presentations
Learning Outcomes
The student:
- Recognises the person and their family to be active partners as a preparation of the interprofessional rehabilitation, including decision-making.
- Listens to the desired outcomes of the person and their family, their needs, preferences, goals and circumstances.
- Assesses the person’s functioning and his/her needs by collecting information for example through interviews or questionnaires, by using ICF framework.
- Identifies the desired outcomes of the person and their family, responding to their needs, preferences, goals and circumstances.
- Recognises barriers to the person and their family’s engagement in the interprofessional workflow including their ability to access services.
- Recognises that the ICF components can be used to describe a person’s functioning, taking into account both its positive and negative aspects.
- Recognises and acknowledges the attitudes, beliefs, and feelings of the person and their family.
- Identifies important information and unfulfilled needs of the person and their family from a broad interprofessional perspective.
- Identifies personal, environmental, and health factors by using the ICF framework when conceptualising problems and identifying solutions.
- Prioritises information from multiple sources when solving problems and making decisions with the person and their family.
- Knows its own profession-specific competencies and limitations.
- Recognises the roles and responsibilities of all members of the interprofessional team.
- Respects the contributions and expertise of other professionals.
- Effectively communicates own role, knowledge and opinions to team members in a way that promotes positive interaction.
- Identifies the unique cultures, values, roles/responsibilities, and expertise of other professions and the impact these factors can have on the outcomes.
- Explains professional and ethical codes of conduct.
Knows the expertise of the members of the interprofessional team including their own. - Identifies the members of the interprofessional team.
- Understands one’s own roles, responsibilities and expertise, and those of other types of professionals.
- Knows the expertise of others.
- Seeks and shares information from relevant professionals and external stakeholders.
- Collaborates with others across disciplines, roles, cultures and organisational hierarchies.
- Recognises, respects and applies the expertise of others.
- Documents the interprofessional learning process.
Knows the ICF framework as a biopsychosocial model. - Reflects on interprofessional communication.
Recognises and reflects on learning issues regarding interprofessional practice. - Applies learning to interprofessional practice related to the ICF.
- Knows the roles and contributions of interprofessional team members.
- Is committed to a non-blaming, non-punitive interprofessional team culture.
- Recognises and values the roles and contributions of interprofessional team members.
- Shares professional perspective on safety and quality with the interprofessional team.
- Engages in shared decision making process to establish interprofessional agreed goals.
- Respects the team members’ contribution to the shared decision making.
- Recognises the environmental context of interprofessional service delivery.
- Knows the role and value of interprofessionalism within the professional environment.
- Knows the role and value of ICF within the interprofessional environment.
- Knows and follows current evidence-based interprofessional guidelines and protocols.
Assessment
Presentation, Tutorial observation, Peer- and Self-Assessment
Literature & Materials
De Weerdt, C., Aerts, I., Lakke, S., Paltamaa, J., & Reinders, J. J. (2024). Proposing an Interprofessional Competency Framework for Person-Centered Care Connecting Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice. Health, Interprofessional Practice and Education, 6: 5, 1–14. DOI: https://doi.org/10.61406/ hipe.315
Please note
Please be aware of the course timezone provided in the course description. Converting the course times to your timezone may be necessary to ensure your availability.
Participation in all sessions is mandatory.
As e-learning management system, the Moodle platform called “Digitap” will be used.

