Thinking and Re-thinking: A Qualitative Study of University Teachers’ Perspectives on the Development Process for a New Online Interprofessional Education Curriculum in a Swedish Higher Education Institution

Abstract

The objective was to reflect on the experience of working collaboratively across education programmes, departments, and faculties from the perspective of university teachers at a higher education institution. Nine teachers from five programmes working together to develop a new curriculum for interprofessional education (IPE) participated in a focus group discussion. Data were analysed using thematic analysis. Findings suggest that teacher experiences can be understood in terms of teamwork processes valued from both professional and IPE experiential variations within the group. Since findings illustrate pedagogical collaboration across department and faculty boundaries, they can inspire teachers who are planning a similar process.

Keywords

• teacher collaboration
• teacher experience
• higher education
• curriculum development