OBJECTIVE The Finnish Medicines Agency (Fimea) initiated a programme in 2012 for enhancing interprofessional networking in the medication management of the aged. The goal is to develop national guidelines for interprofessional collaboration with respect to medication management. This study aims to explore the challenges and potential solutions experienced by existing health care teams in managi...

BACKGROUND Collaboration and interprofessional practices are highly valued in health systems, because they are thought to improve outcomes of care for persons with complex health problems, such as low back pain. Physiotherapists, like all health providers, are encouraged to take part in interprofessional practices. However, little is known about these practices, especially for private sector ph...

Hochschild (1983) described the term “emotional labor” as handling of feelings “in order to sustain the outward countenance that produces in others the sense of being cared for in a convivial and safe place”. “Emotional dissonance” or “surface acting” (Hochschild 1983) has been defined as to display positive (or negative) emotions that “do not correspond to what is felt in the situation” (Zapf ...

OBJECTIVES interprofessional primary maternity care has emerged as one potential solution to the current health human resource shortage in many developed nations. This study explores the barriers to and facilitators of interprofessional models of maternity care between physicians, nurses, and midwives in rural British Columbia, Canada, and the changes that need to occur to facilitate such model...

OBjECTIvEs To study the effects of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) Interdisciplinary Leadership Development Program (ILDP) on interprofessional attitudes, beliefs, and use of skills. ILDP is a collaboration among five campus-based U.S. Maternal and Child Health Bureau-funded training programs. These programs included Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related D...

BACKGROUND Against the background of well-described associations between oral and general health, collaboration between dentists and general practitioners (GP) is crucial to provide therapeutic and preventive patient care. However, in the German health system, GPs and dentists are organizationally separated, implying that interprofessional collaboration can only occur informally and on a volunt...

Specialty care involves services provided by health professionals who focus on treating diseases affecting one body system. In contrast to primary care - aimed at providing continuous, comprehensive care - specialty care often involves intermittent episodes of care focused around specific medical conditions. In addition, it typically includes multiple providers who have unique areas of expertis...

Different professions meet and work together in teams every day in health and social care. To identify and deliver the best quality of care for the patient, teamwork should be both professionally and interprofessionally competent. How can enhanced education prepare teamworkers to be both professionally and interprofessionally competent? To achieve interprofessional skills and design effective i...

Interprofessional education (IPE) is acknowledged as important in producing health care profession graduates able to work collaboratively with colleagues from other health professions. There are, however, a range of obstacles to development of effective IPE programmes. Differing health professional cultures and socialisation processes have been identified as two potential barriers. This article...

BACKGROUND Interprofessional education (IPE) is crucial in fostering effective collaboration and optimal team-based patient care, all of which improve patient care and outcomes. Appropriate interprofessional communication is especially important in geriatrics where patients are vulnerable to adverse effects across the care continuum. Transitions in geriatric care are complex, involving several ...