Introduction This paper describes the design and operation of a postgraduate level course for individuals working in the field of cross-sector partnership. In presenting this case study, the author seeks to demonstrate how innovative approaches to course design can be used to meet the challenges of facilitating learning for professionals in a relatively new, but globally important, field of wor...

Soaring costs of health care, patients living longer with chronic illnesses, and continued attrition of interest in primary care contribute to the urgency of developing an improved model of health care delivery. Out of this need, the concept of the team-based, patient-centered medical home (PCMH) has developed. Amidst implementation in academic settings, clinical teachers face complex challenge...

BACKGROUND A four-year action research study was conducted across the Australian Capital Territory health system to strengthen interprofessional collaboration (IPC) though multiple intervention activities. METHODS We developed 272 substantial IPC intervention activities involving 2,407 face-to-face encounters with health system personnel. Staff attitudes toward IPC were surveyed yearly using ...

The complex care required to address the needs of head and neck cancer patients requires interprofessional collaboration. Using the compelling narrative of a patient's journey through cancer treatment in the Canadian setting, the aim of this study was to engage health professions students to discover the importance of interprofessional care for complex patients, while delivering content on head...

Today, anyone who chooses a career in the health care sector in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland usually stays among their peers – both during their studies as well as their professional training. To date, study courses in the fields of medicine and care, health care and nursing training, and studies and training in the therapeutic professions such as physiotherapy or speech therapy, as well a...