Table 3 List of topics for IPC Programmes and methods of training

 Case learning on medical safety

[55, 96]

 Reflecting on videos where nurse and senior resident had different degrees of anxiety about a postoperative patient

[56]

 Respiratory Distress

[97]

 Antimicrobial Stewardship

[67]

 Ethical Case Discussions

[66, 69]

 Helping patient’s sister make a decision about goals of care for patient

[47]

 Interview a nurse and a physician about their experiences with IPC

[62]

 Infection Control

[101]

 Manikin: Anaphylaxis Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), Early sepsis, Acute coronary syndrome and Acute stroke

[109]

 Manikin: Respiratory Distress

[81]

 Manikin: Cardiac Resuscitation

[102]

 Manikin: Management of emergency situations

[45]

 Manikin: Paediatric Simulation

[75, 76]

 Simulated Patient Meeting: Developing care plan for diabetic patient

[41]

 Simulated Patient Meeting: standardized patients exhibiting mild dementia, Parkinson’s disease and frailty

[77]

 Simulated Patient: inpatient and outpatient scenario that required interaction of at least three different health professionals.

Communication challenges involved dealing with cultural issues, a difficult patient, and family conflict.

[92]

 Ward Rounds: Designed based on model developed by Nikendei et al.

[48]

 Ward Rounds: Simulated emergency department room for patients being admitted to the inpatient internal medicine service

[43]

 Ward Rounds: Communicating results of case discussion to patients

[72]

 Ward-based Workshops: Paediatric Medication Safety

[75]

 Course-based assessment

[65]

 Home Visits: Develop holistic view of implications of childhood impairment by visiting a child with disabilities

[91]

 Home Visits: Patients with medication related problems

[78]

 Home Visits: For management of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

[113]

 Ward Training with wide variety of orthopaedic diagnoses

[85]

 Ward Training: Polypharmacy

[70]

 Shadowing: Maternity Care

[87]

 Shadowing: Various Healthcare Professionals

[58,59,60, 79]

 Shadowing: Nurses

[61]

Topics

Studies

 Workshops and Discussion

[47, 55, 56, 66, 67, 69, 96, 97]

 Interviews

[62]

  Infection Control

[101]

  Manikins

[45, 75, 76, 81, 102, 109]

  Simulated Patients

[41, 77, 92]

  Ward Rounds

[43, 48, 72]

  Ward-based Workshop

[75]

  Course-based Assessment

[65]

  Home Visits

[78, 91, 113]

  Ward Training

[70, 85]

  Shadowing

[58,59,60,61, 79, 87]