About the Literature Compendium
National Center conducted an extensive scoping review of the interprofessional collaborative practice and interprofessional education (ICP/IPE) literatures from 2008 through 2013. The initial search yielded 1176 published manuscripts that were reduced to 496 when the inclusion criteria were used to refine the selection of published manuscripts. This fully searchable compendium includes full citations and access through PubMed to those manuscripts, organized by article content, country of study, healthcare system, methods, number of professions involved, sample size and study setting.
What’s in the Literature Compendium?
- 254 papers on assessment or evaluation of an interprofessional education intervention
- 133 papers on interprofessional collaborative practice research
- 32 papers describing the development of programs
- 42 papers assessing instruments together with programs
- 6 papers describing instruments 14 papers assessing or evaluating instruments
- 12 papers presenting models or competencies
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Attitudes toward safety and teamwork in a maternity unit with embedded team training
The objective of this study was to identify any residual challenges in a unit with a track record of good clinical performance. A cross-sectional survey of frontline caregiver attitudes was conducted using a validated psychometric instrument. A total...
Mar 14, 2014
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Interprofessional collaboration within integrative healthcare clinics through the lens of the relationship-centered care model.
Mar 14, 2014
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Stereotyping as a barrier to collaboration: Does interprofessional education make a difference?
This research was part of a Health Canada funded initiative developed to provide evidence about the effectiveness of interprofessional education (IPE) interventions to promote collaborative patient-centred care. Health professional students' ratings...
Mar 14, 2014
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A web-based team-oriented medical error communication assessment tool: development, preliminary reliability, validity, and user ratings
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Multiple-choice exams are not well suited for assessing communication skills. Standardized patient assessments are costly and patient and peer assessments are often biased. Web-based assessment using video content offers the...
Mar 14, 2014
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Learning the 'SMART' way... results from a pilot study evaluating an interprofessional acute care study day
A significant number of patients requiring critical care are now being managed outside of critical care facilities. There is evidence that staff looking after these patients lack the necessary knowledge and skills to care for them safely, and that...
Mar 14, 2014
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An evaluation of using champions to enhance inter-professional learning in the practice setting
The promotion of interprofessional working is a key government target for healthcare professionals. This article outlines one approach to establish inter-professional learning in the practice setting using systems based on current clinical placement...
Mar 14, 2014
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eLearning, knowledge brokering, and nursing: strengthening collaborative practice in long-term care
Interprofessional collaboration is vital to the delivery of quality care in long-term care settings; however, caregivers in long-term care face barriers to participating in training programs to improve collaborative practices. Consequently, eLearning...
Mar 14, 2014
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Knowledge and attitudes of allied health professional students regarding the stroke rehabilitation team and the role of the Speech and Language Therapist
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One of the major barriers to effective team working among healthcare professionals is a lack of knowledge of each other's roles. The importance of understanding Irish healthcare students' attitudes towards team working and each...
Mar 14, 2014
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An interprofessional approach to improving paediatric medication safety
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Safe drug prescribing and administration are essential elements within undergraduate healthcare curricula, but medication errors, especially in paediatric practice, continue to compromise patient safety. In this area of clinical...
Mar 14, 2014
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How does culture show? A case study of an international and interprofessional course in palliative care
Research shows slow improvement of the care of dying persons and their significant others. One of the reasons for that is the lack of palliative care education as an integral part of health professionals' undergraduate education. The paper discusses...
Mar 14, 2014
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