Interprofessional collaboration in family health teams: An Ontario-based study
OBJECTIVE:
To examine family health team (FHT) members' perspectives and experiences of interprofessional collaboration and perceived benefits.
DESIGN:
Qualitative case study using semistructured interviews.
SETTING:
Fourteen FHTs in urban and rural Ontario.
PARTICIPANTS:
Purposeful sample of the members of 14 FHTs, including family physicians, nurse practitioners, nurses, dietitians, social workers, pharmacists, and managers.
METHODS:
Interprofessional primary care protocols: a strategy to promote an evidence-based approach to teamwork and the delivery of care
Primary care reform involving interprofessional team-based care is a global phenomenon. In Ontario, Canada, 150 Family Health Teams (FHTs) have been approved in the past few years. The transition to a FHT is complex involving many changes and the processes for collaborative teamwork are not clearly delineated. To support the transition to team-based care in FHTs, a project was undertaken to develop and implement a series of interprofessional protocols in four clinical areas.
Ni neart gan chur le cheile no strength unless together: addressing the naked emperor of interprofessional education in Ireland
PubMed URL: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20441399
Supporting patient safety: examining communication within delivery suite teams through contrasting approaches to research observation
OBJECTIVE: to explore the nature of intra- and interprofessional communication on delivery suites, with a particular focus on patient safety.
DESIGN: longitudinal study using contrasting forms of observation: ethnographic methods alongside the highly structured Interaction Process Analysis (IPA) framework.
SETTING: four contrasting delivery suites offering different models of care and serving different populations: two in the north of England and two in London.
A pilot study of an electronic interprofessional evidence-based care planning tool for clients with mental health problems and addictions
BACKGROUND:
The health system must develop effective solutions to the growing challenges it faces with respect to individuals who suffer with mental health disorders and addictions. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the usability and potential impact on outcomes of a knowledge translation system aimed at improving client-centered, evidence-based care for hospitalized individuals with schizophrenia.
METHODOLOGY:
Developing an e-pedagogy for interprofessional learning: Lecturers' thinking on curriculum design
E-learning is seen as offering possible solutions to the barriers of large scale interprofessional education. This paper discusses a study that explored the underlying pedagogical thinking employed by lecturers when planning e-learning materials for interprofessional education. The themes uncovered in the data were: "reflective spaces for creativity"; "from logistics to learner autonomy"; "authentic"; "constructivist approaches"; "inter-active learning to promote collaboration" and "bringing the patient/service user into the classroom".
Shared decision making models to inform an interprofessional perspective on decision making: a theory analysis
OBJECTIVE: To conduct a theory analysis of shared decision making (SDM) conceptual models and determine the extent to which the models are relevant to interprofessional collaboration in clinical practice.
METHODS: Theory analysis of SDM models identified from three systematic reviews and personal files. Eligible publications: model of SDM; described concepts with relational statements. Two independently appraised models.
An interprofessional education approach to teaching collaborative documentation practices: exploring development, delivery and outcomes using the presage, process, product (3P) model
PubMed URL: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20102268
Shared learning in medical science education in the Islamic Republic of Iran: an investigation
Almost all information about interprofessional education (IPE) comes from a few western countries; little from the rest of the world. This paper helps to rectify that omission. It reports the first phase of a study of "shared learning" between health professions in "medical sciences education" in the Islamic Republic of Iran based on a documentary search and national survey of all government affiliated medical sciences universities (MSUs) with examples which meet some of the criteria for IPE.