Teamwork: A fundamental of primary health care and management of chronic conditions
This paper is based on an address given (in collaboration with Eileen McKinlay and Tony Dowell) at the WIPA Long Term Conditions Symposium, Porirua, March 2006.
Primary trust in primary care: interprofessional relationships between nurses and doctors
A thesis submitted for the degree of Master in Primary Health Care at the University of Otago Wellington, New Zealand
Interprofessional education in a rural community: perspectives of community workplace providers
This study retrospectively investigates clinical workplace providers’ perspectives on their participation over the first 3 years of an IPE programme in a New Zealand rural community with a high Māori population. From the providers’ perspectives, the programme met its objectives. Furthermore, providers noted several students had re-located back to the area to work as health professionals, suggesting investment in the programme added long-term value to the community.
Working together in clinical pathology: An interprofessional education initiative
In the health professional education literature, there is a need for information about the teaching and learning of medical laboratory sciences for clinical practice. This reflection-on-practice describes how an orofacial pathology interprofessional education (IPE) initiative was designed and implemented. Aspects to consider for upscaling the initiative include staffing, scheduling, assessment, and cultural perspectives.
Collaborative care in primary care: the influence of practice interior architecture
This research explores the influence of primary care practice interior architecture on face-to-face on-the-fly communication for collaborative care. An observational study was undertaken to compare face-to-face informal interactions between staff in three primary care practices of differing interior architecture. Data collected from practices included: direct observations floor plans, photographs, interviews, and surveys.
Observation of interprofessional collaborative practice (IPC) in primary care teams
This integrative review highlights the need to look critically at the body of research purported to investigate interprofessional collaboration in primary care settings and suggests the value of using direct observational methods to elucidate this. Direct observation of collaborative practice in everyday work settings holds promise as a method to better understand and articulate the complex phenomena of interprofessional collaboration, yet only a small number of studies to date have attempted to directly observe such practice.
Comparing evaluation responses of an IPE initiative in nursing and medical programmes
This study describes and compares evaluation feedback from students in undergraduate nursing and medicine programmes about the learning outcomes of an interprofessional education initiative. Findings were interpreted to indicate that students from both programmes valued the learning outcomes, and this was greater at the end of the session. Notably, the perceived value of interprofessional learning was higher for nursing students than medical students before and after the session.
Exploring interprofessional, interagency multimorbidity care
Cases constructed from multiple data sources illustrate the complexity of day-to-day, interprofessional, interagency multimorbidity care. While consultation is the most frequent mode of professional interaction, targeted coordinated and collaborative interactions (including the patient) are highly effective activities. Greater attention should be given to developing and facilitating these interactions and determining who should lead them.
A Discussion on the Collaborative Care Healthcare Model
Speaker: Julia Pilat
Objectives:
- Define and describe the collaborative care healthcare model based in primary care.
- Define and describe the role of Accountable Health Partners (APH) and Common Ground Health in the Rochester, NY community.
- List at least two reasons why integrated behavioral health into primary care can improve the overall health of a population.
