Interprofessional learning and collaboration Flashcards
What is interprofessional collaboration (IPC)?
Different professions learning with, from and about each other to improve collaboration and the quality of care.
Why is interprofessional competencies relevant for the health care professional?
The focus has increased on IPC to optimize the quality of health care
Important to incorporate multiple perspectives
Health care professionals often work in teams
To consult, refer to, and seek resources for clients from professionals in other disciplines are often nessesary
Name 5 reasons of why IPC has been an increased focus within the health care system?
Client care - multilayered care
Coordinated care - system of shared expertise through different agencies
Staff satisfaction - less overwhelmed
Workforce utilization - best at the job, avoid waste of professional skills
Funding - increase costs in health care, optimize role and functions
What is interprofessional education?
Students learning from other student from different professions with the purpose to improve health care
“When students from two or more professions learn about, from and with each other to enable effective collaboration and improve health outcomes” (WHO, 2010)
What is interprofessional collaborative practice?
Health workers with different backgrounds work together with patients, communities etc to give the best care
“When multiple health workers from different professional backgrounds work together with patients, families, carers [sic], and communities to deliver the highest quality of care” (WHO, 2010)
What is interprofessional teamwork?
The 3 C's Cooperation Coordination Collaboration is performed between profession to deliver patient centered care
What is interprofessioanl team-based care?
Work group in health care who has a collective identity and shared responsibility of delivering care for a patient.
What are the principles of the interprofessional competencies?
Patient centered
Community/population oriented
Relationship focused
Process oriented
Outcome driven
Applicable across professions
Able to be integrated across the learning continuum
Sensitive to the systems context/applicable across practice settings
Stated in language common and meaningful across the professions
Linked to learning activities, educational strategies, and behavioral assessments that are developmentally appropriate for the learner
What is the definition of interprofessional collaboration?
Coordinated collaboration between professions
Common goal - common language - understanding of other professions
Professions are visible
“When multiple health workers from different professional backgrounds work together with patients, families, carers [sic], and communities to deliver the highest quality of care” (WHO, 2010)
What are the advantages of interprofessional collaboration ?
Working for a common goal
Improve and exchange methods and experiences
Holistic view of the patient
Coordination to avoid confusion
Disease prevention
More possibilities
Oppertunity to improve ourselves (exchanging ideas)
Mirror yourself in other professions
Respect and acknowledgement
What could be barriers to interprofessional collaboration ?
Professional knowledge
- absence of shared theory, different traning levels
Scope of practice
- territoriality
Power and status
- hierachies, perceived professional status
Responsibility
- Role clarity
Rigidity of professional cultures
- absence of shared language, negative stereotypes, misunderstandings
Socialisation within disciplines & professional cultures
- ineffective interaction
Is there any concerns regarding interprofessional collaboration ?
Content negotiation
Hierarchy and power structures
Ethical issues
Practical and logistic issues
Emotional concerns – fear of revealing weakness
Non-recognition of supervision from professional associations – considered ”extra/illegimative”
Describe multidisciplinary work
Friendly cooperation between different groups
No common goal and overview
One can defend their own profession
Describe interdisciplinary work
Coordinated collaboration between professions
Common goal - common language - understanding of other professions
Professions are visible
Describe trans disciplinary work
Integrated cooperation between individual professionals
Shared workflow and evaluation
Professions turns more or less invisible
