Table 1 Content of the IPE programmes

P1. Orientation

80

• Providing an overview of the programmes to the students and self-introduction of dental and nursing students

P2. Video I; have learned I

40

• Watching a video on nursing care skills

P3. Video I; have learned II

120

• Watching a video about the struggles of doctors dealing with various cases in home healthcare and thinking about aspiration pneumonia and euthanasia in elderly individuals

P4. Nursing care training I

30

• Watching a video of a physician performing cognitive function screening tests with an elderly person with dementia, trying the tests themselves, and evaluating the results

P5. Nursing care training II

30

• Performing student-on-student training in assisting patients in walking with a cane

P6. Nursing care training III

45

• Performing student-on-student training in transferring patients from wheelchair to bed

P7. Nursing care training IV

55

• Performing student-on-student training on changing the patient’s position in bed

P8. Experiencing the old age simulation suits

45

• Wearing an old age simulation suit and experiencing joint limitations, muscle weakness, and visual field narrowing

P9. Oral healthcare training I

15

• Performing training on denture removal and fitting with an oral simulator

P10. Oral healthcare training II

45

• Performing student-on-student training of oral healthcare

P11. Group discussion after the training programmes

30

• Discussing what has been learned through the training programmes

P12. Summary lecture I

80

• Lecture on the pathology of cardiovascular disease and preventive measures for patients with the disease by physician A

P13. Summary lecture II

80

• Lecture on the rehabilitation of patients with paralysis by physician B

P14. Summary lecture III

80

• Lecture on the main legal and financial accounts relating to the period between a person’s birth and death by a dentist

P15. Summary Lecture IV

80

• Lecture on the actual practice of home healthcare by physician C