INTRODUCTION Collaboration, within and between healthcare teams, facilitates effective healthcare. Internationally, the development of interprofessional education, as a means to facilitate more effective teamwork in health care, has been recognized for over forty years. OBJECTIVE The aim of this paper is to evaluate students' attitudes toward the influence of interprofessional education on im...

Collaboration between dental technicians and other members of the dental care team is essential to achieve optimal outcomes for patients in prosthetic care. Interprofessional education can be effective in improving attitudes, communication, and practices within such teams. This study compared and contrasted the perceptions of role, responsibilities, communication, and teamworking of dental tech...

The purpose of this study was to refine the items on a scale measuring interprofessional collaborative competency that was developed by the authors in an earlier pilot study. A questionnaire-based study was conducted with a sample of 2133 health professionals using the reformulated questionnaire. Construct validity was tested by comparing the survey results with a covariance structure analysis ...

BACKGROUND Milestone-based assessments of resident physicians inform critical decisions regarding resident competence and advancement. Thus, it is essential that milestone evaluations are based upon strong validity evidence and that consistent evaluation criteria are used across residency programs. A common approach to assessment of interprofessional collaboration milestones is particularly imp...

BACKGROUND The number of people with multiple chronic conditions demanding primary care services is increasing. To deal with the complex health care demands of these people, professionals from different disciplines collaborate. This study aims to explore influential factors regarding interprofessional collaboration related to care plan development in primary care. METHODS A qualitative study,...

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES To explore the interprofessional collaboration between nursing and social work professionals in their delivery of health services for schoolchildren. BACKGROUND Interprofessional education has long been recommended as a way to meet the need for effective collaboration in school health service with a view to improving the quality of health care. No local study in Hong Kong ...

The World Health Organization and others recognize interprofessional collaboration as an effective strategy toward mitigating the global health workforce crisis. The authors describe challenges to developing sustainable interprofessional education and practice programs and suggest a framework to address them.

This article explores the concept of working in an interprofessional manner. The authors recognize there are both benefits and challenges to integrating a work force to learn and value the cultures of other professions. There are several skills that are recognized as essential for individuals to attain an interprofessional perspective, and these skills are transferable to many areas where peopl...

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 ...