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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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The BRIDGE Community Consultation Project: building rural interprofessional discussions and group experiences

The BRIDGE Community Consultation Project: building rural interprofessional discussions and group experiences

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

INTRODUCTION: Interprofessional (IP) community-oriented health education is an important strategy for achieving high quality health care. The purpose of this project was to develop collaborative partnerships between rural communities and Thompson Rivers University, Canada, to identify the needs and priorities for building capacity for IP placements in two rural communities in the Interior of BC.

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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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Peeling the layers: a grounded theory of interprofessional co-learning with residents of a homeless shelter

Peeling the layers: a grounded theory of interprofessional co-learning with residents of a homeless shelter

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

Clients, patients, families, and communities must be conceived as partners in care delivery, not just as recipients (D'Amour, D. & Oandasan, I. (2005). Journal of Interprofessional Care, 19(Suppl.), 8-20). Health-care students need an opportunity to understand community member self-determination, partnership, and empowerment (Scheyett, A., & Diehl, M. ( 2004 ). Social Work Education, 23(4), 435-450), within the frame of interprofessional education (IPE) where community members are involved as teachers and learners.

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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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Neophyte facilitator experiences of interprofessional education: implications for faculty development

Neophyte facilitator experiences of interprofessional education: implications for faculty development

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

The facilitation of learners from different professional groups requires a range of interprofessional knowledge and skills (e.g. an understanding of possible sources of tension between professions) in addition to those that are more generic, such as how to manage a small group of learners. The development and delivery of interprofessional education (IPE) programs tends to rely on a small cohort of facilitators who have typically gained expertise through 'hands-on' involvement in facilitating IPE and through mentorship from more experienced colleagues.

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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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