Module GW3020-KP05, PT3010-KP05
Interprofessional Communication and Care (IpKoV)
Duration
1 Semester
Turnus of offer
each winter semester
Credit points
5
Course of studies, specific fields and terms:
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing 2020, compulsory, interdisciplinary comprehensive nursing tasks
- Bachelor Psychology 2020, optional subject, Interdisciplinary modules
- Bachelor Applied Nursing (part-time) 2022, compulsory, interdisciplinary comprehensive nursing tasks
- Bachelor Occupational Therapy/ speech therapy 2022, compulsory, Overarching action in health care
- Bachelor Physiotherapy 2022, compulsory, Scientific theory and practice
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing 2020, compulsory, interdisciplinary comprehensive nursing tasks
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing 2018, compulsory, interdisciplinary comprehensive nursing tasks
- Bachelor Physiotherapy 2018, compulsory, Scientific theory and practice
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing 2017, compulsory, interdisciplinary comprehensive nursing tasks
- Bachelor Physiotherapy 2017, compulsory, Scientific theory and practice
- Bachelor Occupational Therapy 2018, compulsory, Overarching action in health care
- Bachelor Physiotherapy 2016, compulsory, Scientific theory and practice
Classes and lectures:
- Communication in complex care situations (exercise, 1 SWS)
- Inteprofessional decision and action in complex care situations (seminar, 2 SWS)
Workload:
- 105 hours private studies
- 45 hours in-classroom work
Contents of teaching:
- Interprofessional collaboration and communication: fundamentals, theories, practical application
- Interprofessional concepts in the healthcare system
- Principles of person-centred care
- Case work, interprofessional case conferences, handover
- Interprofessional skills training and communication training
Qualification-goals/Competencies:
- Students are familiar with theories of verbal and non-verbal communication and are able to conduct appropriate and job-related conversations with patients, relatives and persons from interdisciplinary subjects.
- They are able to independently conduct and analyse interprofessional case conferences, recognising cultural differences and adapting their communication accordingly.
- They are able to formulate precise oral and written reports.
- They can describe and explain the core elements of person-centred care.
- They are aware of the importance of successful interprofessional collaboration for person-centred care and can describe and justify scientifically proven conditions and characteristics of successful interprofessional collaboration.
- They can analyse exemplary situations in the care of chronically and/or multiply and/or severely ill people with regard to the requirements for interprofessional collaboration and develop evidence-based strategies for the implementation of person-centred interprofessional care.
- They have an in-depth understanding of the roles and tasks of the health professions involved in the module and actively integrate these into their own professional practice.
Grading through:
- Project work with documentation and presentations
Responsible for this module:
Teacher:
- Institute of Health Sciences
- Institute for Social Medicine and Epidemiology - Section for Research and Teaching in Nursing
- Prof. Dr. Katrin Balzer
- Saphira Anstett, B.Sc.
- PD Annette Fox-Boyer, PhD
- Frederike Lüth, M.Sc.
- Katrin Rösner, M.Sc.
- Melanie Kruschinski, B.Sc.
- Katharina Tolksdorf, M.Sc.
- Magdalena Scheytt, MScPH
- Martina Nachtsheim, B.Sc.
- Anne Jarck, M.Sc.
Language:
- offered only in German
Notes:
Admission requirements for taking the module:- None
Admission requirements for participation in module examination(s):
- Active participation in practical exercises (skills training, communication training, handover, case work, minimum 80% attendance) in accordance with the requirements specified at the beginning of the semester
Module exam(s):
- GW3020-L1: Interprofessional communication and care, project work with documentation and presentations, 100% of the module grade.
For students of occupational therapy and speech therapy (SGO WS22) and physiotherapy (SGO WS22), the examination is ungraded (B certificate).
For nursing students (Nursing 2020), practice hours are integrated into this module.
(Share of the Institute of Health Sciences in Ü is 40%)
(Share of Institute of Social Medicine and Epidemiology- Nursing Section in Ü is 60%)
(Share of Institute of Health Sciences in S is 15%)
(Share of Institute of Social Medicine and Epidemiology - Nursing Section in S is 75%)
(Share of Institute of Social Medicine and Epidemiology - Nursing Section in P is 60%)
(Share of Institute of Health Sciences in P is 40%)
Last Updated:
01.10.2025