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Education, Scientific Disciplines
Tony Claeys, Diana H. J. M. Dolmans, Jascha de Nooijer
Summary: This study explores the design and evaluation of Team-based Interprofessional Practice Placements (TIPPs) to support undergraduate students in gaining a better understanding of patient problems and collaboration within interprofessional teams. The study found that TIPPs enhance students' understanding of patient complexity and the value of interprofessional team members' expertise. However, TIPPs need to strike an appropriate balance between teacher support and student autonomy to enhance student learning.
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Geriatrics & Gerontology
Hans Drenth, Wim Krijnen, Lourens van der Weerd, Jan Jaap Reinders, Hans Hobbelen
Summary: Background: Frailty and multimorbidity are common in geriatric rehabilitation care (GRC). Proper care of these patients requires optimal interprofessional collaboration (IPC). Methods: A mixed method pre-post study was conducted over 15 months to develop IPC in GRC teams. The study included training programs, data collection through surveys and observations of team meetings, and data analysis of ADL independence and inpatient days before and after the project. Results: The study showed improvement in interprofessional belonging, commitment, and overall identity, as well as improvements in shared values, context, structure & organization, group dynamics & interaction, and entrepreneurship & management. The number of inpatient days was significantly reduced. Conclusions: The GRC teams showed a shift towards more IPC and better representation of patient needs, resulting in a decrease in inpatient days. Continued development and investment in collaboration with the patient are necessary to further improve IPC.
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Pharmacology & Pharmacy
Chenyu Wang, Maozhen Li, Yuankai Huang, Xiaoyu Xi
Summary: This study investigates the factors influencing clinical pharmacists' integration into clinical multidisciplinary care teams, with a focus on interprofessional collaboration between clinical pharmacists and physicians. A cross-sectional questionnaire survey was conducted among clinical pharmacists and physicians in secondary and tertiary hospitals in China. The study findings reveal that participant-related factors, context characteristics, and exchange characteristics all have significant effects on the collaboration level between clinical pharmacists and physicians. The study provides important baseline data and references for the development of clinical pharmacy and multidisciplinary models.
FRONTIERS IN PHARMACOLOGY
(2023)
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Health Care Sciences & Services
Shih-Ning Liaw, Amy Sullivan, Jennifer Snaman, Marsha Joselow, Janet Duncan, Joanne Wolfe
Summary: This study investigated the outcomes of an interprofessional fellowship in pediatric palliative care, finding significant improvement in the interprofessional competencies of postgraduate trainees. The educational relationships in the fellowship were characterized by peers, mentors, patients, and the healthcare system.
JOURNAL OF PAIN AND SYMPTOM MANAGEMENT
(2021)
Article
Nursing
Fatemeh Keshmiri
Summary: This study explored team members' experiences in the socialization process for becoming a collaborator in an interprofessional team. It found that the perceived confrontation between interprofessional professionalism and uni-professionalism is a key theme. Interprofessional professionalism adherence and team-centered accountability were found to facilitate interprofessional socialization, while uni-professional culture and immature interprofessional collaboration competencies disrupted the process.
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Nursing
Azam Hosseinpour, Fatemeh Keshmiri, Sara Jambarsang, Fatemeh Jabinian, Seyed Mostafa Shiryazdi
Summary: This study aimed to assess the effect of interprofessional education on the behavior of interprofessional professionalism among the surgical team. The results showed that interprofessional education had a significant positive impact on the participants in the intervention group, with higher IPA scores compared to the control group after one and three months of the intervention. Interprofessional education was recognized as an effective strategy to develop interprofessional professionalism behavior.
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Health Care Sciences & Services
Jennifer K. Walter, Douglas L. Hill, Theodore E. Schall, Julia E. Szymczak, Shefali Parikh, Connie DiDomenico, Karen W. Carroll, Russell T. Nye, Chris Feudtner
Summary: The study implemented an adaptive intervention to address barriers to initiating palliative care for pediatric oncology teams, achieving high participation and satisfaction among team members. Results showed significant improvements in team cohesion, comfort with palliative care consultations, team collaboration, process satisfaction, and decision satisfaction after the intervention. While the number of palliative care consults increased, it did not significantly change during or after the intervention sessions.
JOURNAL OF PAIN AND SYMPTOM MANAGEMENT
(2021)
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Environmental Sciences
Thilini Sudeshika, Mark Naunton, Gregory M. Peterson, Louise S. Deeks, Jackson Thomas, Sam Kosari
Summary: The study aims to investigate interprofessional collaboration and team effectiveness within general practice teams after including pharmacists in Australia, as well as compare these outcomes with international sites such as Canada and the United Kingdom. Mixed methods will be used to collect data from general practice pharmacists in the Australian Capital Territory, with the results being used to make recommendations for implementing the role of general practice pharmacists across Australia.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH
(2021)
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Education & Educational Research
Fraide A. Ganotice, Linda Chan, Xiaoai Shen, Angie Ho Yan Lam, Gloria Hoi Yan Wong, Rebecca Ka Wai Liu, George L. Tipoe
Summary: Team cohesiveness and collective efficacy are important factors in promoting successful team collaboration. Team cohesiveness predicts collaboration outcomes through collective efficacy.
BMC MEDICAL EDUCATION
(2022)
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Geriatrics & Gerontology
Shelley B. Bhattacharya, Stephen Jernigan, Myra Hyatt, Dory Sabata, Shane Johnston, Crystal Burkhardt
Summary: The Geriatrics Champions Program implemented team-based learning activities to prepare health science learners for collaborative work in geriatrics care. Results showed that teams performed better than individuals, and learners felt better prepared for their careers in interprofessional geriatrics care. Feedback from learners and faculty was consistently positive, indicating potential benefits beyond individual sessions.
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Nursing
Vanessa Clarke, Elaine Lehane, Patrick Cotter, Helen Mulcahy
Summary: The aim of this study was to understand advanced nurse and midwife practitioners' experience of interprofessional collaboration in implementing evidence-based practice into routine care. The results showed that enhancing understanding of the advanced practice role, increasing organizational support for advanced practitioners, and augmenting specific practitioner skills and attributes can increase their ability to collaborate effectively and implement evidence-based practice.
JOURNAL OF ADVANCED NURSING
(2023)
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Gerontology
Linda Lee, Frank Molnar, Loretta M. Hillier, Tejal Patel, Karen Slonim
Summary: After working in the MINT memory clinics for 6 months, healthcare professionals experienced reduced challenges in providing dementia care, increased frequency of enthusiasm, inspiration, and pride in their work, and improved collaboration ratings for dementia care. This study sheds light on the impact of collaborative, interprofessional approaches on professionals' perceptions and attitudes towards dementia care.
CANADIAN JOURNAL ON AGING-REVUE CANADIENNE DU VIEILLISSEMENT
(2022)
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Health Care Sciences & Services
Wei Ling Chua, Sim Leng Ooi, Gene Wai Han Chan, Tang Ching Lau, Sok Ying Liaw
Summary: This study evaluated the effect of sepsis interprofessional education on medical and nursing students. The results showed that virtual telesimulation improved students' sepsis knowledge and team communication skills. The transfer of learning to clinical practice included a better understanding of each other's roles and the use of communication strategies. Although knowledge retention was not long-term, virtual telesimulation played a critical role in sepsis training.
JOURNAL OF MEDICAL INTERNET RESEARCH
(2022)
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Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Valerie Santschi, Gregoire Wuerzner, Bruno Pais, Arnaud Chiolero, Philippe Schaller, Lyne Cloutier, Gilles Paradis, Michel Burnier
Summary: The interprofessional team-based care (TBC) intervention can help decrease long-term systolic blood pressure among uncontrolled hypertensive patients, although there was no significant effect on blood pressure at 6 months of follow-up. At 12 months, the TBC group tended to have better control in systolic blood pressure but not in diastolic blood pressure.
FRONTIERS IN CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE
(2021)
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Education & Educational Research
Solveig Giske, Marit Kvangarsnes, Bodil J. Landstad, Torstein Hole, Berit Misund Dahl
Summary: This study examines the learning experience of medical students and their participation in communities of practice at municipal emergency care units. The findings suggest that medical students learn the roles of physicians and nurses by taking responsibility for emergency care patients and engaging in various work tasks and clinical procedures. Participating in interprofessional communities of practice contributes to a deep understanding of ethical and medical topics from both medical and nursing perspectives.
BMC MEDICAL EDUCATION
(2022)