Interprofessional simulated learning: The need for 'sociological fidelity'
In this editorial, the authors examine some of the current limitations of interprofessional simulated learning activities and suggest the use of a sociological approach to help enhance the quality of this form of learning and improve its transferability to interprofessional practice.
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The need to problematize interprofessional education and practice activities
To date, within the interprofessional field there has been little effort to problematize key interprofessional concepts, interprofessional activities (courses, workshops), or evaluative approaches we have employed. In this editorial, the author elaborates on the importance of problematizing the elements embedded in our interprofessional work.
Ideas for the development of the interprofessional field
In this editorial, the author aims to ‘take stock’ of interprofessional education and interprofessional practice – empirically and theoretically – before sketching out some ideas for the future development of the field.
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An overview of continuing interprofessional education
Interprofessional education, continuing interprofessional education, interprofessional collaboration, and interprofessional care are moving to the forefront of approaches with the potential to reorganize the delivery of health professions education and health care practice. This article discusses 7 key trends in the scholarship and practice of interprofessional education: conceptual clarity, quality, safety, technology, assessment of learning, faculty development, and theory.
The doctor-nurse game in the age of interprofessional care: A view from Canada
A central obstacle that faces governments and service providers alike is the acute shortage of health professionals — with all projections indicating the situation will certainly worsen as the skilled workforce shortage hits in the coming decades (Health Canada 2006).
Inspired
It’s graduation season! In my role as associate vice president, I attend several ceremonies each year at the University of Minnesota. I have the opportunity to meet and learn from young health professionals who work every day to transform health care through integrating practice and education. It’s exciting and reassuring to see the next generation of health care leaders walk across the stages.
Measuring changes in perception using the Student Perceptions of Physician-Pharmacist Interprofessional Clinical Education (SPICE) instrument
Background: The Student Perceptions of Physician-Pharmacist Interprofessional Clinical Education (SPICE) instrument contains 10 items, 3 factors (interprofessional teamwork and team-based practice, roles/responsibilities for collaborative practice, and patient outcomes from collaborative practice), and utilizes a five-point response scale (1 = strongly disagree, 5 = strongly agree).
Exploring the nature of interprofessional collaboration and family member involvement in an intensive care context
Little is known about the nature of interprofessional collaboration on intensive care units (ICUs), despite its recognition as a key component of patient safety and quality improvement initiatives. This comparative ethnographic study addresses this gap in knowledge and explores the different factors that influence collaborative work in the ICU. It aims to develop an empirically grounded team diagnostic tool, and associated interventions to strengthen team-based care and patient family involvement.
Disengaged: A qualitative study of communication and collaboration between physicians and other professions on general internal medicine wards
BACKGROUND: Poor interprofessional communication in hospital is deemed to cause significant patient harm. Although recognition of this issue is growing, protocols are being implemented to solve this problem without empirical research on the interprofessional communication interactions that directly underpin patient care.