{"title":"Turkish translation and validation of an interprofessional identity measure: EPIS-TR.","authors":"Giray Kolcu, Mukadder İnci Başer Kolcu, Wim Krijnen, Jan-Jaap Reinders","doi":"10.1080/13561820.2024.2403012","DOIUrl":"10.1080/13561820.2024.2403012","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Research on interprofessional identity using the Extended Professional Identity Theory (EPIT) has shown promising results in measuring this identity, predicting interprofessional collaboration, and improving team outcomes. However, EPIT-based interprofessional identity has not been studied in Türkiye due to the absence of a Turkish version of the Extended Professional Identity Scale (EPIS). We aimed to develop and validate a Turkish EPIS, the EPIS-TR, and explore interprofessional identities across eight different professions. A cross-cultural adaptation of EPIS was made by linguistic validation, followed by analysis of psychometric properties using a sample of students from four Turkish universities and eight professions/programs (<i>n</i> = 405). Confirmatory factor analysis and reliability analyses were performed. Differences between professions were explored with ANOVA and a post hoc test. Three out of seven goodness-of-fit indices showed acceptable fit (x<sup>2</sup>/df = .004; RMSEA = .07; GFI = .94), and others showed excellent fit (SRMR = .04; AGFI = .91; CFI = .97; NNFI = .96). The internal consistency of the EPIS-TR is .93. The EPIS-TR scale has strong psychometric properties. The construct validity of the EPIS-TR was similar to that of the original version. The interprofessional identity scores of the different professions were mostly similar. Based on these findings, the EPIS-TR is well suited for measuring interprofessional identity.</p>","PeriodicalId":50174,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Interprofessional Care","volume":" ","pages":"1117-1126"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142479481","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Learning about change and changing practice: the response for interprofessional education to integrated care.","authors":"Maggie Hutchings, Elizabeth Liz Anderson","doi":"10.1080/13561820.2024.2425866","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13561820.2024.2425866","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50174,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Interprofessional Care","volume":"38 6","pages":"971-973"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142645057","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sabrina Orta, Daniela Santos Cantu, Giuiseppe Allan Fonseca, Luis Torres-Hostos, Chelsea Chang
{"title":"A community-engaged interprofessional project led by medical students, school of social work students, and resident physicians: lessons learned and recommendations for success.","authors":"Sabrina Orta, Daniela Santos Cantu, Giuiseppe Allan Fonseca, Luis Torres-Hostos, Chelsea Chang","doi":"10.1080/13561820.2024.2387589","DOIUrl":"10.1080/13561820.2024.2387589","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Addressing health disparities through community engagement and interprofessional partnerships is increasingly critical. However, learner-led approaches that integrate medical students, resident physicians, and social work students are not well-studied. We designed a learner-led, interprofessional, public health campaign for a majority Hispanic community, with the goals of building interprofessional leadership skills, engaging learners to address COVID-19 inequities, and disseminating lessons learned. Faculty and students from the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Schools of Medicine and Social Work partnered with community leaders to pilot an interprofessional project supported by the American Association of Medical Colleges' <i>Nurturing Experiences for Tomorrow's Community Leaders</i> (AAMC NEXT) Award. We describe the process of selection of a 12-member learner team of medical students, resident physicians, and social work students, and how we enacted the project from December 2020 to June 2021. Lessons learned in implementing our learner-led, community-engaged, interprofessional approach included: building interprofessional leadership skills, setting member roles and responsibilities, instilling requisite knowledge and skills, engaging with the community, and disseminating research findings. These lessons can guide other institutions seeking community-engaged interprofessional projects with learners.</p>","PeriodicalId":50174,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Interprofessional Care","volume":" ","pages":"1008-1015"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142019352","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Francisca G Onyiuke, Sindasha K Makins, Joni Nelson, Amy Martin
{"title":"Feasibility of interprofessional partnerships between neurologists and dentists for oral health management of Parkinson's disease.","authors":"Francisca G Onyiuke, Sindasha K Makins, Joni Nelson, Amy Martin","doi":"10.1080/13561820.2024.2394882","DOIUrl":"10.1080/13561820.2024.2394882","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This dental student-led study aimed to explore the extent to which an interprofessional intervention can be incorporated within the management of Parkinson's Disease (PD) to address the oral health needs of those living with the condition. Existing integrated or interprofessional (IP) care models lack the inclusion of oral health to improve clinical outcomes. We conducted key informant interviews with five neurologists and four dentists to ascertain their willingness, and the process needed, to facilitate collaborative referral management for patients with PD. We conducted a focus group composed of eight patients living with PD to understand their oral health needs and perspective on an integrated oral health management care team. Both neurologists and dentists were receptive IP the idea of integrating oral health into the overall management of patients, with the expectation of improved communication and collaboration. Patients commonly expressed a need for their oral health to be addressed by both neurologists and dentists. These results reveal an opportunity for an IP care model that includes oral health management in the care for patients with PD. It also provides clues on how to incorporate care for PD into a dental education curriculum.</p>","PeriodicalId":50174,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Interprofessional Care","volume":" ","pages":"1147-1150"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142114297","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hugh Barr, Elizabeth S Anderson, Lee-Ann Fenge, Maggie Hutchings
{"title":"Social work in integrated care.","authors":"Hugh Barr, Elizabeth S Anderson, Lee-Ann Fenge, Maggie Hutchings","doi":"10.1080/13561820.2024.2405552","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13561820.2024.2405552","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In the first of three articles we shared our understanding of integrated care and traced the evolution of interprofessional learning from organic to strategic and systemic, prepared to play its part in the implementation of integrated care. In this third article, joined by Lee-Ann Fenge, we focus on the role of the social worker in integrating care and clarifying their roles in collaboration with other professions. We distinguish between social work as a profession and social care as a field of practice, which includes many professions as well as other occupations. We share the literature on where social work plays a role in integrated care and ask questions about the lack of interprofessional education involving social workers and without whom integrated care cannot succeed.</p>","PeriodicalId":50174,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Interprofessional Care","volume":"38 6","pages":"997-1007"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142645059","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sarah A Manspeaker, Sarah Oerther, David Pole, Haley Cobb, Anthony Breitbach
{"title":"Learner experiences of identity and global interdependence following engagement with an interprofessional education course.","authors":"Sarah A Manspeaker, Sarah Oerther, David Pole, Haley Cobb, Anthony Breitbach","doi":"10.1080/13561820.2024.2391979","DOIUrl":"10.1080/13561820.2024.2391979","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>University core curricula and accreditation standards for healthcare profession programs can be challenging to align. Additionally, interprofessional education (IPE) requirements for healthcare professions curricula have been designed to prepare learners for future practice. This paper describes alignment of an introductory IPE course with embedded Interprofessional Education Collaborative core competencies to specific university Core Curriculum attributes. A cross-sectional, mixed methods design was used to examine 117 learners' reflections on the IPE course content and learning outcomes. Learners from seven pre-licensure health professions programs provided responses on aspects of their IPE learning experience through reflections, surveys, written examinations, and optional focus groups. Open-ended responses were interpreted thematically from a constructivist lens. Results revealed positive perceptions of the course with feedback for areas of consideration for future course activities. Learners reported more engagement with the Core Curriculum attribute of Identities in Context than that of Global Interdependence. Additionally, responses indicated a perception of task work versus teamwork within the interprofessional team activities. Outcomes provided data that enabled continuous quality improvement of the course. Educators seeking to align IPE courses with institutional core curricula and accreditation standards may use this work to inform structure, assessment, and delineation of teamwork as compared to task work.</p>","PeriodicalId":50174,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Interprofessional Care","volume":" ","pages":"1072-1080"},"PeriodicalIF":16.4,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142019353","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Zach W Cooper, Leslie Johnson, Tiffany R Washington, Terri Lewinson
{"title":"Analyzing the roles, workflows, and communication dynamics of social workers within interprofessional care teams.","authors":"Zach W Cooper, Leslie Johnson, Tiffany R Washington, Terri Lewinson","doi":"10.1080/13561820.2024.2403015","DOIUrl":"10.1080/13561820.2024.2403015","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Social workers frequent interprofessional healthcare teams, but few studies examine the day-to-day experiences of these providers on interprofessional teams. Our study utilized semi-structured interviews with 54 medical social workers practicing on interprofessional healthcare teams. A thematic analysis was used to analyze the day-to-day functions of these social workers. The analysis resulted in three primary themes: 1) Social Workers' Self-Perceptions of their Roles within Interprofessional Teams, 2) Social Workers Shifting Roles on Interprofessional Teams, and 3) Interprofessional Team Dynamics that Impact the Role of a Social Worker. Social workers perceived their primary roles as contributing a unique systems approach to interprofessional healthcare teams while emphasizing patient self-determination. These self-perceptions influenced their shifting roles on interprofessional healthcare teams (e.g. clinician, case manager, bridge builder). In addition to individual self-perceptions, the healthcare system infrastructure influenced social work roles. For example, social workers in outpatient settings more frequently assumed the role of a mental health practitioner compared to those in inpatient settings. Last, there was variation in interprofessional communication and workflow assignment based on the healthcare infrastructure. Future research should examine the education and training efforts of social workers and other allied health professions for interprofessional healthcare teams.</p>","PeriodicalId":50174,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Interprofessional Care","volume":" ","pages":"1016-1025"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142331425","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Angela Wood, Anne Hill, Neil Cottrell, Jodie Copley
{"title":"Clinician experience of being interprofessional: an interpretive phenomenological analysis.","authors":"Angela Wood, Anne Hill, Neil Cottrell, Jodie Copley","doi":"10.1080/13561820.2024.2371342","DOIUrl":"10.1080/13561820.2024.2371342","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Clinicians are increasingly required to work and learn interprofessionally, yet few studies explore the nature of being interprofessional. The purpose of this study was to explore the lived experience of clinicians who identify as interprofessional or have an interprofessional identity. Interpretive phenomenological analysis (IPA) was applied as a qualitative research approach and analytical method. Fifteen key informants from a range of professions, settings, and roles were recruited via purposive sampling. Data was collected via semi-structured interviews, observation of participants' day-to-day practice, and review of organizational documents, and analyzed using IPA. Six interdependent Group Experiential Themes were developed: (i) The power of person-centered holistic care, (ii) Learning and growth through curiosity, reflection, and willingness to be vulnerable, (iii) Welcomes, values, and empowers all others, (iv) Trust and mutual respect through belonging and connection, (v) The contribution of background and previous experiences, and (vi) The influence of workplace context. Each Group Experiential Theme had between two and nine sub-themes. Results support the value of understanding and making explicit the concepts that comprise clinician interprofessional identity. The findings can be used to support clinicians, educators, leaders, and policy makers to develop and sustain interprofessional identity, and subsequently cultivate a culture of interprofessional collaborative practice. Future research is needed to further explore the themes, investigate their inter-relationships, and present the concepts that comprise clinician interprofessional identity in a way that is accessible to healthcare professionals and facilitates their integration into practice.</p>","PeriodicalId":50174,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Interprofessional Care","volume":" ","pages":"1035-1049"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141581413","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Understanding integrated care.","authors":"Hugh Barr, Elizabeth S Anderson, Maggie Hutchings","doi":"10.1080/13561820.2024.2405550","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13561820.2024.2405550","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In this first of three papers, we seek to understand how the new \"integrated care\" global policy directive, pursuing greater alignment for health and social care systems, will be translated into preparation for practice concerning interprofessional education (IPE) from pre-to-post registration level and for continuing professional development. We ask questions about the implications for leaders and practitioners in the field of IPE and collaborative practice (CP). In seeking to understand this new global policy directive, we explore the plethora of definitions, concepts and perspectives, continuously evolving and at times counterproductive as they try to synthesize complexity, to describe how health and social care systems and practitioners work together. We trace research on how integrated care is understood drawing upon transnational current understandings of integrated working in North America, Europe and the UK. We ask questions of the ambitions of integrated care aligned to forging closer working relationships between health and social care practitioners to tackle modern complex healthcare challenges. In reading the literature we have sought to identify the themes which emerge to direct the field of IPE and CP so that the workforce is prepared to deliver care, as policy makers intended, within locally designed new innovative care systems. We conclude that it remains unclear as to whether these new policy aspirations will achieve the connectivity required, for a supported workforce, committed to working together to deliver care envisaged to help people experiencing complex long-term conditions, disadvantage and health inequalities. In our second paper, we review the developmental pathway for IPE, taking a closer look at preparation for integrated care pathways and collaborative practice, seeking evidence to guide us. Finally, in our third paper, we turn our attention to the implications for the workforce composition, dynamics, and relationships, exploring heightened progressive ever-changing roles and responsibilities, focusing on social work.</p>","PeriodicalId":50174,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Interprofessional Care","volume":"38 6","pages":"974-984"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142644101","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Perceptions and influencing factors of interprofessional collaboration in final-year health science students.","authors":"Polpun Boonmak, Donwiwat Saensom, Juraporn Tangpukdee, Wasana Ruaisungnoen, Kornkaew Chanthapasa, Attawut Chaibunruang, Ratthaphol Kraiklang, Saowaluck Limmonthol, Chatchai Phimphasak, Pimmada Boonmak, Suhattaya Boonmak","doi":"10.1080/13561820.2024.2401363","DOIUrl":"10.1080/13561820.2024.2401363","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Interprofessional education (IPE) is vital for preparing a competent health workforce. Despite the proven benefits of interprofessional collaborative practice (IPCP), barriers to its implementation persist. Given the importance of health professionals' perspectives for IPCP success, we investigated the perceptions of IPCP among final-year health science students at Khon Kaen University, Thailand, while they transition into practice. A cross-sectional online survey conducted from February to April 2023 included 989 students across six health science disciplines, with a response rate of 57.8%. Using the SPICE-R2 questionnaire on a five-point Likert-type scale, we assessed perceptions related to interprofessional teamwork, roles and responsibilities, and patient outcomes. Results showed significant diversity in IPCP perceptions and experiences with IPE. Nursing students consistently demonstrated the highest IPCP perceptions, while medical and public health students scored the lowest. Positive perceptions about IPCP were notably associated with nursing students and those satisfied with the learning process. Dentistry students and those with IPE experience also exhibited more favorable views on teamwork. This study suggests the need to address disparities in IPCP perceptions among student groups, which is essential for enhancing interprofessional collaboration in future health professionals.</p>","PeriodicalId":50174,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Interprofessional Care","volume":" ","pages":"1109-1116"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142376261","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}