Planning and implementing a collaborative clinical placement for medical, nursing and allied health students: a qualitative study
BACKGROUND:
Clinical placements have been traditionally offered on a profession specific basis, and as a result, we have a good understanding of salient issues related to their development and delivery. We know less about the planning and implementation of collaborative clinical placements. Aims: This paper presents key findings from a qualitative study that explored the collaborative processes connected to an interprofessional planning group who created and implemented a clinical placement for medical, nursing and allied health students.
METHODS:
Collaboration at risk: registered nurses' experiences on orthopaedic wards
AIM:
To extract meaning from registered nurses' lived experiences in their professional collaboration with orthopaedic surgeons.
BACKGROUND:
Interprofessional collaboration between registered nurses and orthopaedic surgeons faces challenges on many levels. The literature offers theories on collaboration, but reality seems to be in conflict with theory, especially in somatic hospitals. Little empirical research on lived experience has been conducted in these settings.
METHOD:
Professional differences in interprofessional working
UK government policy is encouraging healthcare staff to blur traditional roles, in the drive to increase joint working between practitioners. However, there is currently a lack of clarity regarding the impact that changes to traditional working practice might have on staff delivering the services, or on patient care. In this article, we report findings from three qualitative case studies examining interprofessional practice in stroke care, in which the influence of professional differences emerged as a significant theme.
The art and science of teamwork: enacting a transdisciplinary approach in work rehabilitation
Teamwork, collaboration and interprofessional care are becoming the new standard in health care, and service delivery in work practice is no exception. Most rehabilitation professionals believe that they intuitively know how to work collaboratively with others such as workers, employers, insurers and other professionals. However, little information is available that can assist rehabilitation professionals in enacting authentic transdisciplinary approaches in work practice contexts.
Interprofessional relationships and communication in primary palliative care: impact of the Gold Standards Framework
BACKGROUND:
High quality end-of-life care in the community is achieved with effective multidisciplinary teamwork, interprofessional communication between GPs and district nurses, and early referral of patients to district nurses. These aspects of palliative care are highlighted in the Gold Standards Framework, a programme recently established in UK primary care.
AIM:
To investigate the extent to which the framework influences interprofessional relationships and communication, and to compare GPs' and nurses' experiences.
DESIGN OF STUDY:
Partnership working in services for children: use of the common assessment framework
Transformation in the structure and delivery of services for children and young people in the UK Children Act (Department for Education & Skills, 2004. The Children Act. London: HMSO) initiated new alliances between statutory, public and voluntary agencies. Traditional relationships and notions of partnership have been extended, necessitating an innovative approach to dialogue and multiple perspectives.
Professional status and interprofessional collaboration: a view of massage therapy
PubMed URL: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22233373
Interprofessional clinical education for occupational therapy and psychology students: a social skills training program for children with autism spectrum disorders
An interprofessional clinical learning experience was developed for pre-licensure occupational therapy (OT) and psychology graduate students. Students worked in interprofessional teams to plan and implement a social skills training program for children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). The objectives were to provide a hands-on, student-led clinical experience; facilitate interprofessional collaborative learning through leadership partnerships and teach children with ASD to engage in appropriate social skill behaviors.
From the nurses' station to the health team hub: how can design promote interprofessional collaboration?
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.
When funds for professional development are scarce
This column describes an approach to sustaining interprofessional education for perioperative staff when budgetary cuts in professional education significantly limit professional development.
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PubMed URL: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22214413