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Faculty perceptions of interprofessional education

Faculty perceptions of interprofessional education

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

Nurses and other health professionals are required to demonstrate broad levels of expertise and service to ensure quality patient-centred health care. Interprofessional practice aligned with interprofessional education (IPE) has been promoted as a vehicle to promote broad levels of expertise. However, challenges remain for universities and other higher education institutions to successfully provide IPE opportunities for students. This paper presents perceptions of academic staff towards IPE from one Australian multi-campus health faculty.

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The team builder: the role of nurses facilitating interprofessional student teams at a Swedish clinical training ward

The team builder: the role of nurses facilitating interprofessional student teams at a Swedish clinical training ward

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

Interprofessional education (IPE) is an educational strategy attracting increased interest as a method to train future health care professionals. One example of IPE is the clinical training ward, where students from different health care professions practice together. At these wards the students work in teams with the support of facilitators. The professional composition of the team of facilitators usually corresponds to that of the students.

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Ingroup identity as an obstacle to effective multiprofessional and interprofessional teamwork: findings from an ethnographic study of healthcare assistants in dementia care

Ingroup identity as an obstacle to effective multiprofessional and interprofessional teamwork: findings from an ethnographic study of healthcare assistants in dementia care

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

Rising dementia incidence is likely to increase pressures on healthcare services, making effective well coordinated care imperative. Yet, barriers to this care approach exist which, we argue, might be understood by focussing on identity dynamics at the frontlines of care. In this article, we draw upon findings from an ethnographic study of healthcare assistants (HCAs) from three dementia wards across one National Health Service mental health trust.

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General practitioner-pharmacist interactions in professional pharmacy services

General practitioner-pharmacist interactions in professional pharmacy services

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

Australian community pharmacies offer a range of professional pharmacy services (PPS) which include Home Medicines Review (HMR) and the Diabetes Medication Assistance Service (DMAS). The extent of interaction and collaboration between general practitioners (GPs) and pharmacists in the context of these services is unknown. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate (1) the nature and extent of interactions between GPs and community pharmacists and; (2) the factors that influence these interactions in the context of PPS.

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Rethinking resident supervision to improve safety: from hierarchical to interprofessional models

Rethinking resident supervision to improve safety: from hierarchical to interprofessional models

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

BACKGROUND: Inadequate supervision is a significant contributing factor to medical errors involving trainees, but supervision in high-risk settings such as the intensive care unit (ICU) is not well studied.

OBJECTIVE: We explored how residents in the ICU experienced supervision related to medication safety, not only from supervising physicians but also from other professionals.

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Interprofessional jargon: how is it exclusionary? Cultural determinants of language use in health care practice

Interprofessional jargon: how is it exclusionary? Cultural determinants of language use in health care practice

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

Language can impact significantly on the ways in which health care professionals relate and provide clinical services, as well as the way in which patients conceptualize their role in the healthcare encounter. The aim of this project was to explore the barriers and challenges to developing a collaborative approach in health care. A hermeneutic research approach was used with a convenience sample of international key informants representing 6 disciplines. A total of 10 individual, semi-structured interviews were conducted.

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Working together. An interdisciplinary approach to dying patients in a palliative care unit.

Working together. An interdisciplinary approach to dying patients in a palliative care unit.

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

Multiprofessional teams have become in recent years one of the distinguishing features of services, where professionals with different competences work together. The core of our interest is addressed to the équipe of a palliative care ward; in particular, to that series of working activities that consists of communicative acts, as équipe meetings, for instance.

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Educating the dental team: exploring perceptions of roles and identities

Educating the dental team: exploring perceptions of roles and identities

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

Interprofessional education (IPE) should help to promote a team-based approach to professional practice but there are barriers to its implementation including professional identity. The aim of this study was to use a qualitative research methodology to explore dental and dental care professional (DCP) students' perceptions of professional roles and identities in the dental team. Data were collected by means of focus groups from a purposive sample of dental and DCP students and were audio recorded, transcribed and analysed using an explanatory framework.

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Learning is in the facilitation: faculty perspectives with facilitated teaching and learning-recommendations from informal discussions

Learning is in the facilitation: faculty perspectives with facilitated teaching and learning-recommendations from informal discussions

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

Small group learning is an interactive activity that requires a skilled teacher with the ability to facilitate and debrief. Approximately 250 students from seven health professions were enrolled in a first year interprofessional education course that focused on the importance of communication and collaboration. Weekly faculty debrief sessions were conducted and were utilized to share the teachers perspectives with facilitative teaching as well as for feedback and improvement strategies.

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From the nurses' station to the health team hub: how can design promote interprofessional collaboration?

From the nurses' station to the health team hub: how can design promote interprofessional collaboration?

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

Interprofessional practice implies that health professionals are able to contribute patient care in a collaborative environment. In this paper, it is argued that in a hospital the nurses' station is a form of symbolic power. The term could be reframed as a "health team hub," which fosters a place for communication and interprofessional working. Studies have found that design of the Nurses' Station can impact on the walking distance of hospital staff, privacy for patients and staff, jeopardize patient confidentiality and access to resources.

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