| Title | Introduction |
|---|---|
| Contributor | Emer McGowan(author) |
| Djenana Jalovcic (author) | |
| Sarah Quinn (author) | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.11647/obp.0479.00 |
| Landing page | https://www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.11647/obp.0479/chapters/10.11647/obp.0479.00 |
| License | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
| Copyright | Emer McGowan; Djenana Jalovcic; Sarah Quinn; |
| Publisher | Open Book Publishers |
| Published on | 2025-09-09 |
| Page range | pp. 1–17 |
| Print length | 17 pages |
| Language | English (Original) |
Emer McGowan is an Assistant Professor in Interprofessional Education in the Faculty of Health Sciences, Trinity College Dublin. Dr McGowan is a physiotherapist by background. Her main research interests are health professions education, refugee health, leadership in healthcare, and leadership development. She was awarded her PhD in 2017 and completed her postdoctoral fellowship researching leadership and leadership development in healthcare at Trinity College Dublin. Dr McGowan leads the interprofessional education programme for students across disciplines in the Faculty of Health Sciences. Dr McGowan was a collaborator on Erasmus+ projects PREP (Physiotherapy and Refugee Education Project) and PREP-IP (Persons with Refugee Experiences Education Project Interprofessional). Dr McGowan is a collaborator on the Erasmus+ funded project, Learning and Working Together for Improved Healthcare Outcomes – Strengthening Interprofessional Education (WhoLeIPE). This project aims to contribute to the advancement of IPE and interprofessional collaborative practice as the foundation of comprehensive, coordinated, resilient and responsive health care.
Djenana Jalovcic, EdD, MPA, MSc, is an Associate Professor at the Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, where she teaches in the master’s program in Healthy Ageing and Rehabilitation. A dedicated educator, inclusive development practitioner, researcher, and human rights advocate, she brings decades of experience in international interprofessional education and continuing professional development. Her work focuses on disability and rehabilitation, refugee and migrant health, health equity, and ageing. She coordinated the Erasmus+ Persons with Refugee Experiences Education Project - Interprofessional, fostering interprofessional collaboration in refugee and migrant health. She serves as an Education Professional Adviser at World Physiotherapy.
Sarah Quinn, MPhil., BSc., is an Assistant Professor in the Discipline of Occupational Therapy, Trinity College Dublin. Her scholarship and research interests are primarily justice orientated with a particular focus on feminism, occupational justice, community participation, and social inclusion. Through her teaching she advances practices in social occupational therapy that includes the promotion of refugee health at micro to macro levels. Sarah leads an award-winning, multi-service collaboration that developed an innovative model to facilitate supported volunteering and promote inclusion of those experiencing social disadvantage. She was an active member of the Erasmus+ funded, inter-disciplinary project, PREP-IP (Persons with Refugee Experiences Education Project Interprofessional), which developed resources for health and social care professionals to work in the area of refugee and migrant health.