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 chiropractic: a survey of North American orthopedic surgeons
STUDY DESIGN:
Questionnaire survey.
OBJECTIVE:
To elicit orthopedic surgeons' attitudes toward chiropractic.
SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:
Orthopedic surgeons and chiropractors often attend to similar patient...
Mar 14, 2014
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Learning strategies of first year nursing and medical students: a comparative study
BACKGROUND:
Interprofessional education (IPE), where two or more professions learn with, from, and about each other to improve collaboration and the quality of care, has been proposed as a curriculum strategy to promote mutual understanding...
Mar 14, 2014
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Continuing interprofessional education in geriatrics and gerontology in medically underserved areas
There is a widening gap between the health care needs of older persons and the treatment skills of the health care professionals who serve them. This gap is especially severe in rural areas, where there is a shortage of and inadequate collaboration...
Mar 14, 2014
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Uncovering differences among health professions trainees exposed to an interprofessional patient safety curriculum
In response to the Institute of Medicine challenge to improve patient safety and quality of care, an office directing patient safety/quality of care at an academic medical center and faculty from health professions schools collaborated on design,...
Mar 14, 2014
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Active interprofessional education in a patient based setting increases perceived collaborative and professional competence
BACKGROUND:
Interprofessional competence can be defined as knowledge and understanding of their own and the other team members' professional roles, comprehension of communication and teamwork and collaboration in taking care of patients....
Mar 14, 2014
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Level of acceptance of different models of maternity care
To elicit nurses' opinions on five proposed models of maternity care in Ontario, to examine barriers to collaborative practice, and to identify factors that would encourage nurses to practise in the area of intrapartum care, a survey was mailed to a...
Mar 14, 2014
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Entry-level interprofessional education: perceptions of physical and occupational therapists currently practicing in Ontario
To gain insight into the specific interprofessional education (IPE) needs of occupational and physical therapists, an online questionnaire was developed and distributed to currently practicing therapists in the province of Ontario, Canada. The...
Mar 14, 2014
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Common curricula in Norway: differential implementation and differential outcomes in undergraduate health and social care education
In 1972 Norwegian health and educational authorities emphasized the importance of interprofessional collaboration in health care and the need to prepare students to work across boundaries. In 1995 the Norwegian government recommended a common core in...
Mar 14, 2014
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Interprofessional conflict and medical errors: results of a national multi-specialty survey of hospital residents in the US
Clear communication is considered the sine qua non of effective teamwork. Breakdowns in communication resulting from interprofessional conflict are believed to potentiate errors in the care of patients, although there is little supportive empirical...
Mar 14, 2014
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Interprofessional attitudes amongst undergraduate students in the health professions: a longitudinal questionnaire survey
BACKGROUND:
Interprofessional education (IPE) introduced at the beginning of pre-registration training for healthcare professionals attempts to prevent the formation of negative interprofessional attitudes which may hamper future...
Mar 14, 2014
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