Very interesting early online article, written by: Sarit Khimdas, Akshay Shetty, Chandheeb Rajakumar, Colin Meyer-Macaulay, Cal Shapiro, Rachit Sheshgiri and Neeraj Patel (University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada). The health care landscape has seen a dramatic change over the last 15 years, with an emphasis on an inter- professional model of health care delivery in… Read More »
A very interesting paper written by Rick Hood, Bedford Hill, London , United Kingdom Royal Holloway University of London, Criminology and Sociology, Egham Hill, Egham, Surrey , United Kingdom. This paper presents a theoretical model of complexity for considering issues relevant to interprofessional working. The need for such a model is introduced with reference to the literature on… Read More »
Great editorial written by Jonas Nordquist, Simon Kitto, Jennifer Peller, Jan Ygge, Scott Reeves.While space and place have been important units of analysis in studying learning across a number of social science domains (e.g. environmental studies), there has been little research exploring these elements in either the health professions education or the interprofessional education literature (Leander, Phillips & Taylor, 2010).… Read More »
Great article on interprofessional teams supporting patients in healthcare decision making Beth A. Lown, Jennifer Kryworuchko, Christiane Bieber, Dustin M. Lillie, Charles Kelly, Bettina Berger, and Andreas Loh.Healthcare professionals and organizations, policy makers, and the public are calling for safe and effective care that is centered on patients’ needs, values, and preferences. The goals of interprofessional shared decision making and decision support are… Read More »
Interesting article by Mary C. Politi, Arwen H. Pieterse, Tracy Truant, Cornelia Borkhoff, Vikram Jha, Laura Kuhl, Jennifer Nicolai, and Claudia Goss.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… Read More »
Interesting article written by: Mary van Soeren; Sandra Devlin-Cop; Kathleen MacMillan; Lindsay Baker; Eileen Egan-Lee; and Scott Reeves. Simulated learning activities are increasingly being used in health professions and interprofessional education (IPE). Specifically, IPE programs are frequently adopting role-play simulations as a key learning approach. Despite this widespread adoption, there is little empirical evidence exploring the teaching and learning processes embedded within this type of simulation. This… Read More »
Interesting article written by: Carrie Marshall, Jennifer Medves, Debbie Docherty, Margo Paterson (Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada) Language can impact significantly on the ways in which health care professionals relate and provide clinical services, as well as the way in which patients conceptualize their role in the healthcare encounter. The aim of this project was… Read More »
Interesting article written by Jakobsen, F., Hansen, T.B., & Erika, B. The purpose of this study was to compare which learning outcomes relating to an Interprofessional Training Unit (ITU) experience were found to be most important by students and by alumni. A cohort of 428 students in the ITU was asked to write three short… Read More »
An interesting article by: Staffan Pelling, Anders Kalen, Mats Hammar and Ola Wahlström.Setting: An orthopaedic interprofessional training ward manned by students at a University Hospital.Objective: To assess to what extent students from different undergraduate programmes evaluated the effects of a 2-week rotation at the ward on their professional roles and the value of teamwork within health care.Method: A questionnaire was filled in… Read More »
Professionalism has typically been defined as a set of non-cognitive characteristics (such as empathy) or as a set of humanistic values and behaviors through which clinicians express a commitment to excellence and compassion (Stern, 2006). Its importance is underscored by the widespread adoption of language and policies by associations, accreditors, and regulatory agencies across the health… Read More »