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Junior Doctors of Health: an interprofessional service-learning project addressing childhood obesity and encouraging health care career choices

Junior Doctors of Health: an interprofessional service-learning project addressing childhood obesity and encouraging health care career choices

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Submitted by National Center... on Mar 14, 2014 - 11:14am CDT

While much literature describes programmatic success of clinical service-learning opportunities, this initiative integrates student learning across a comprehensive discipline set (Dental Medicine, Graduate Studies, Health Administration, Medicine, Nursing, Occupational Therapy, Pharmacy, Physical Therapy, and Physician Assistant), providing preventive health education and role modeling to low-income elementary-school children.

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The journey beyond silos. Teaching and learning interprofessional ethics at UTHealth

The journey beyond silos. Teaching and learning interprofessional ethics at UTHealth

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Submitted by National Center... on Mar 14, 2014 - 11:14am CDT

Interprofessional education and ethics education are two educational programs that blend together well, and, moreover, they are a natural fit for teaching in an academic health science center. The purpose of this paper is to describe our recent journey of developing and implementing an interprofessional ethics curriculum across the six schools of UTHealth.

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Participatory knowledge exchange to support palliative care in Chile: lessons learned through global health research

Participatory knowledge exchange to support palliative care in Chile: lessons learned through global health research

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Submitted by National Center... on Mar 14, 2014 - 11:14am CDT

The authors designed a participatory qualitative research study to develop a collaborative partnership between palliative care practitioners in Canada and in Chile. The research goal was to support the provision of palliative care in vulnerable settings through a participatory knowledge exchange process using qualitative and participatory methodologies. The study involved an interprofessional palliative care team from a primary health care centre in Chile and 5 adults receiving palliative care and their relatives.

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Care of the elderly from an international and multiprofessional perspective. Web-based learning

Care of the elderly from an international and multiprofessional perspective. Web-based learning

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Submitted by National Center... on Mar 14, 2014 - 11:14am CDT

In the future, an increased number of the elderly with their vulnerability related to aging will demand more multidisciplinary and innovative approaches toward their care. A course called "Care of the Elderly from a European Perspective" has been developed in collaboration among several European universities with the aim of providing an opportunity for students to increase their mutual understanding of elder care. The course is based on phenomenographic research and collaborative learning as a pedagogical approach.

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Clients as mediators of interprofessional collaboration in mental health services in Iran

Clients as mediators of interprofessional collaboration in mental health services in Iran

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Submitted by National Center... on Mar 14, 2014 - 11:14am CDT

Interprofessional collaboration (IPC) has long been identified as a way of providing optimal mental health services (MHS). It is important, therefore, to identify and facilitate factors driving IPC. This paper presents health professionals' experiences and perceptions regarding the clients' role as a driving factor for IPC in MHS in an Iranian context. Health professionals included nurses, physicians (general physicians and medical specialists), psychologists and consultants.

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