In the past few years, we have seen a continued growth in the use of competency frameworks for the traditional health and social care professions (e.g. nursing, medicine) as well as the emerging professions such as physician assistants. In this editorial, I attempt to explore the continued rise of competence, with a focus on the… Read More »
Ensuring that interprofessional health care teams have a mix of skilled professionals to meet patient need, safely and effectively. Like a number of other countries, the UK have been exploring the contribution physician assistants (PAs), who are well established in the US, can make to interprofessional teams. In a study recently published in the J… Read More »
Very interesting article on JIC early online: Informal interprofessional learning.Written by: Judith Martine Wagter (Foreest Medical School, Medical Centre Alkmaar, Alkmaar , The Netherlands), Gerhard van de Bunt (Faculty of Social Sciences, VU Amsterdam University, Amsterdam , The Netherlands), Marina Honing (ICU/MCU, Medical Centre Alkmaar, Alkmaar , The Netherlands), Marina Eckenhausen (Foreest Medical School, Medical Centre Alkmaar, Alkmaar , The Netherlands), Albert Scherpbier (School of… Read More »
Great article on how can design promote interprofessional collaboration.Written by: Lyn Frances Gum (School of Medicine, Flinders University Rural Clinical School, South Australia , Australia), David Prideaux (School of Medicine, Flinders University, Adelaide , Australia), Linda Sweet (School of Medicine, Flinders University Rural Clinical School, South Australia , Australia), Jennene Greenhill (School of Medicine, Flinders University Rural Clinical School, South Australia , Australia)… Read More »
Fascinating article that examines massage therapy and professional status and interprofessional collaboration. Written by Cathy Fournier (Department of Health Studies, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario , Canada; Department of Psychiatry, Wilson Centre for Research in Medical Education, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario , Canada), Scott Reeves ( Director, Center for Innovation in Interprofessional Healthcare Education,University of California, San Francisco). Massage therapy is one… Read More »
Great article by: Croker, Trede, & Higgs (The Education For Practice Institute, Charles Sturt University, Sydney , Australia)Although a core component of many current health-care directions, interprofessional collaboration continues to challenge educators and health professionals. This paper aims to inform the development of collaborative practice by illuminating the experiences of collaborating within rehabilitation teams. The researchers focused on experiences… Read More »
Great article written by: Tomoko Hayashi, Hiromitsu Shinozaki, Takatoshi Makino, Hatsue Ogawara, Yasuyoshi Asakawa, Kiyotaka Iwasaki, Tamiko Matsuda, Yumiko Abe, Fusae Tozato, Misako Koizumi, Takako Yasukawa, Bumsuk Lee, Kunihiko Hayashi, and Hideomi Watanabe. (Gunma University, Japan)The interprofessional education (IPE) program at Gunma University, Maebashi, Japan, implements a lecture style for the first-year students and a training style for the third-year students. Changes in the scores of modified Attitudes Toward… Read More »
Looking back, 2011 has been another successful year for Journal of Interprofessional Care (JIC). This success is expressed in a number of different ways. The editorial office has continued to receive an increasing number of submissions over the past 12 months. Last year, the editorial team processed over 250 articles, editorials, commentaries, reports and reviews. The… Read More »
Happy New Year from everyone at the Journal of Interprofessional Care! Great article exploring a cross-institutional examination of readiness for interprofessional learning. Written by: Sharla King (Health Sciences Education and Research Commons, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB , Canada, Department of Educational Psychology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB , Canada), Elaine Greidanus (Health Sciences Education and Research Commons, University of Alberta, Edmonton,… Read More »
Happy Holidays from the Journal of Interprofessional Care! Great article about the development of a scale to measure health professions students’ self-efficacy beliefs in interprofessional learning. By Karen Mann (Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada), Judith McFetridge-Durdle (Memorial University, St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada), Lynn Breau (Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada), Joanne Clovis (Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada), Ruth Martin-Misener (Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada), Tanya Matheson (Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova… Read More »