Session:Social Event
Time: 18:00
Venue: (opens in a new window)The Club House Bar, UCD Belfield
Details: Quiz and Food to be served on the first floor
Welcome to AIPEC 2025
The All-Ireland Interprofessional Healthcare Challenge for Students
The best health outcomes for patients with complex or chronic healthcare needs often depend on effective teamwork and collaboration between various healthcare professionals with different skills and knowledge. The All-Ireland Interprofessional Healthcare Challenge (AIPEC) aims to develop this important skillset prior to graduation, in a way that is transformative, authentic, and fun!
The AIPEC is an intervarsity education competition which provides an opportunity for students from all health disciplines to work collaboratively with colleagues from different professions to meet a challenge set around complex care issues.
The event has representation from competing teams including Queen’s University Belfast, Royal College of Surgeons Ireland, Trinity College Dublin, Ulster University, University College Cork, University College Dublin, University of Galway and University of Limerick.
AIPEC 2025 is hosted by University College Dublin.
Complete this registration form if you wish to attend the event in person or request a link to the live stream: (opens in a new window)Registration form
INFORMATION FOR TEAMS
EVENT PROGRAMME
Information below on the event programme for AIPEC 2025 being held on Thursday 27th + Friday 28th March.
Venue: Lecture Theatre B004, (opens in a new window)Health Sciences Building, University College Dublin
PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL TIMES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE
| TIME |
ACTIVITY |
| 9.30 -10.00 |
REGISTRATION (tea, coffee) |
| 10:00 |
Conference Open Professor Cecily Kelleher College Principal, UCD College of Health and Agricultural Sciences |
| 10:05 |
Introduction Dr Lisa Rogers Ad Astra Fellow - Lecturer/Assistant Professor UCD School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health Systems |
| 10:15 – 11:05 |
Presentation from Teams 1-4 TEAM 1: Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland Ali Cousins, Collette Murtagh, Conor Creagh, Emily Grannon, Khatie Lau, Michael MacDiarmada, Sid Chard TEAM 2: University College Dublin Eala Flanagan, Aaron Browne, Aoife McEvoy, Goodness Ogundare, Lesha Moustafa, Lucy Power, Swathi Kuzhippat, TEAM 3: Queen’s University Belfast Elia Tutty, Funke Okikiolu, Mona Elshafie, Olivia Donaldson, Sean Coghlan TEAM 4: University of Galway Aislinn English, Kate Loftus, Manoosh Shabahang, Meadhbh O'Brien, Sabrina Dolan |
| 11:05 – 11:30 |
BREAK (tea, coffee, refreshments)
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| 11:30 – 12:20 |
Presentation from Teams 5-8 TEAM 5: Trinity College Dublin Carmel Maher, Ganna Eissa, Grace Gray, Greatness Agwaze, Jaycinth Phua, Kate Kobayashi Harford, Patricia Sim, Sookyung Kwak TEAM 6: University College Cork
TEAM 7: Ulster University Carly Wilson, Fatema Mohammad, Kyle Crotty TEAM 8: University of Limerick Aisling Vaughan Witts, Ava Delaney, James Cahill, Rachel Hough, Rebecca Lee |
| 12:20 – 12:35 |
Keynote Address 1: Teams - what we know about the engine that drives healthcare Professor Eilish McAuliffe Professor of Health Systems (SNMHS) and Director of the UCD Centre for Interdisciplinary Research, Education, and Innovation |
| 12:35 – 13:30 |
LUNCH (Kevin Barry Gallery, Charles Institute)
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| 13:30 – 13:40
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Feedback Survey |
| 13:40 – 14:10 |
Keynote Address 2: Expert panel discussion Title: Heart Failure: exploring lived experience and health system perspectives Karen MacLaughlin - expert by experience Dr Mary Ryder, Associate Professor, UCD School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health Systems Dr Attracta Lafferty, Research Fellow, UCD School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health Systems |
| 14.10 – 14:20 |
Announcement of AIPEC 2025 Winner Christine Howley (Clinical Nurse Specialist, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital) Dr Dermot McCaffrey (Consultant Cardiologist, St Vincent's University Hospital) Dr Julie Broderick (Associate Professor, Trinity College Dublin, Physiotherapy) |
| 14:20 – 14.30 |
Announcement of 2026 host and Conference Close |