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This editorial provides an overview to a special issue of the Journal of Interprofessioinal Care which focuses on clinical decision making experiences in a variety of settings and illness circumstances, expanding the understanding of models of decision making proposed, identifying gaps, and ultimately helping to determine when, where, why and in what form shared decision making matters for better care.

This editorial provides an overview to a special issue of the Journal of Interprofessioinal Care focusing on the work of Dr. DeWitt C. "Bud" Baldwin, Jr.  Through the interview and (re)publication of a few of Dr. Baldwin's papers, we hope to acquaint the readership of the Journal with some of his seminal work, completed mostly in the late 1960s and 1970s, which, in many respects, is as relevant today as when originally written.

This editorial provides an overview to a special issue of the Journal of Interprofessioinal Care focusing on interprofessional approaches to patient safety.  The author asserts that the diversity of the contributions to this edition of the journal bears witness to the vibrancy of thinking and development aimed at providing safe, high quality, collaborative care for patients and clients around the globe.

The collective resolve of funding agencies, universities, and investigators is required to change the "conventional wisdom" that governs policies of recognition and reward so that the culture within which we conduct research is one that fosters the cutting edge potential of intra- and interdisciplinary collaborative circles and teams rather than discredits and undermines their work together.

This editorial celebrates the tenth anniversary of the Journal of Interprofessional Care.

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Interprofessional efforts have never been "mainstream." Although other disciplines have valued interprofessional activities, there has been little interest in interprofessional efforts by organized medicine; too often, interprofessional efforts have depended on individual, personal commitment and experience.
Many factors in health care delivery have converged to generate a renewed, more mainstream interest in interprofessional practice models.

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On April 10-12, 1997, the John A. Hartford Foundation sponsored a kick-off meeting for the implementation phase of its new US initiative in geriatric interdisciplinary team training (GITT).

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Informal continuing interprofessional education (CIPE) can be traced back decades in the United States; however, interest in formal CIPE is recent. Interprofessional education (IPE) now is recognized as an important component of new approaches to continuing education (CE) that are needed to increase health professionals' ability to improve outcomes of care. Although there are examples of CIPE programs that are being successfully implemented, a clearly articulated, step-by-step planning process to help guide educators in providing effective CIPE programs is lacking.

Growing evidence supports the position that interprofessional education (IPE) and collaborative care are essential elements of healthcare education and practice (Institute of Medicine, 2003; World Health Organization, 2010).