Kara A Zamora-Rogoski, Rebecca T Brown, Anael Rizzo, Francesca M Nicosia
{"title":"Measurement of functional status in primary care: the role of the interprofessional team.","authors":"Kara A Zamora-Rogoski, Rebecca T Brown, Anael Rizzo, Francesca M Nicosia","doi":"10.1080/13561820.2025.2537124","DOIUrl":"10.1080/13561820.2025.2537124","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Measuring functional status allows clinicians to deliver evidence-based interventions to prevent or delay associated adverse outcomes. Functional status is seldom routinely measured in primary care settings where most older adults receive care. Interprofessional team-based care is increasingly regarded as an important feature of high quality and efficient health care systems. Yet despite growing evidence of the benefits of team-based care, in primary care there are not yet standards for how to operationalize interprofessional practice. In this study we explored interprofessional perspectives on assessing functional status among older adults in team-based VA primary care clinics. We conducted qualitative interviews with 57 primary care team members (nursing staff, primary care providers, and social workers) from six geographically diverse VA medical centers. We drew from implementation science frameworks and sociotechnical theories to ground our thematic analysis in dynamic, real-world contexts. Interviews revealed the view that all primary care team members play a role in measuring and addressing functional status. Participants also described a perceived hierarchy of accuracy of assessment based on role and outlined strategies for validating the accuracy of functional status assessments. These results can inform guidelines for functional status measurement in primary care that improve interprofessional assessment and team-based communication.</p>","PeriodicalId":50174,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Interprofessional Care","volume":" ","pages":"1-9"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-07-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144735018","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}
Yngve Røe, Astrid Karina Valås Harring, Vibeke Alvestad, Ingrid Annette Ruud Knutsen
{"title":"Professional role and identity formation in health professions education through interprofessional acute care simulation.","authors":"Yngve Røe, Astrid Karina Valås Harring, Vibeke Alvestad, Ingrid Annette Ruud Knutsen","doi":"10.1080/13561820.2025.2539860","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13561820.2025.2539860","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study explores how undergraduate health professions students develop their professional roles through participation in the StudentBEST2 acute care simulation. This interdisciplinary initiative, involving students from biomedical laboratory science, nursing, paramedicine, and radiography, aims to strengthen interprofessional communication and collaboration in high-pressure healthcare settings. The simulation scenarios (i.e. trauma care, patient transfer, and contrast-induced allergic reactions) mirrored real-world acute care situations. A qualitative design was used, involving four focus group interviews with 22 students conducted post-simulation. Thematic analysis revealing two overarching themes: characteristics of professional identity formation and the uniqueness of the interprofessional learning environment. Students' reflections revealed varying levels of preparedness, with paramedic students generally feeling more confident. However, the simulation facilitated open communication, role negotiation, and mutual respect, contributing to identity development and collaborative competence. Facilitators played a key role in fostering a safe and inclusive learning environment, while structured debriefings deepened students' self-awareness and insight into interprofessional dynamics. This study contributes novel insights into how acute care simulation can serve as a formative arena for shaping professional role and identity in interprofessional health professions education. The findings have important implications for the design of curricula and facilitator training, particularly in fostering psychologically safe learning spaces. While the study offers rich qualitative insights, limitations include sample imbalance and the absence of long-term follow-up. Future research should explore the durability of these learning outcomes over time and in different institutional or cultural contexts.</p>","PeriodicalId":50174,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Interprofessional Care","volume":" ","pages":"1-9"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-07-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144735019","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}
Casey E Gallimore, Gina M Bryan, Jennifer Fiegel-Newlon, Angela Willits, Lynette Studer, Sherrelle P Jackson
{"title":"Using interprofessional simulation to teach clinical interviewing for trauma.","authors":"Casey E Gallimore, Gina M Bryan, Jennifer Fiegel-Newlon, Angela Willits, Lynette Studer, Sherrelle P Jackson","doi":"10.1080/13561820.2025.2534577","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13561820.2025.2534577","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Approximately 83% of United States residents encounter trauma in their lifetimes, necessitating trauma-informed care education across all healthcare disciplines. Included in this is instruction and practice interviewing clients for trauma history. The University of Wisconsin-Madison's Nursing, Pharmacy, and Social Work faculties collaborated to create an interprofessional online simulation to enhance students' application of trauma-informed principles to clinical interviewing. The interprofessional format facilitated learning with, from, and about students across health profession programs. Development and refinement of the simulation were informed by program evaluation, incorporating feedback and outcomes from three iterations. Pre- and post-surveys using a combination of Likert-type scale and open-ended items were used to collect evaluation data. One hundred and seventy-seven students out of 223 (79% response rate) completed both surveys and were included in the analysis. Findings indicate that virtual, low-fidelity simulation - incorporating discussion, role-play, and debriefing - can advance students' understanding of trauma-informed principles and skills in interviewing for trauma, while also promoting interprofessional competencies. Students valued the opportunity to practice clinical interviewing for trauma in a low-stakes, safe environment, and to learn through peer observation. Future considerations involve exploring different delivery methods, reexamining optimal placement of the simulation within each program's curricula, and extending participation to other health disciplines.</p>","PeriodicalId":50174,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Interprofessional Care","volume":" ","pages":"1-10"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-07-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144735023","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}
Andreas Küpper, Marcel Schmucker, Astrid Elsbernd, Diana Mader, Simon Kitto, Cornelia Mahler
{"title":"Technical devices and interprofessional clinical decision-making in the intensive care unit: a scoping review.","authors":"Andreas Küpper, Marcel Schmucker, Astrid Elsbernd, Diana Mader, Simon Kitto, Cornelia Mahler","doi":"10.1080/13561820.2025.2530145","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13561820.2025.2530145","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Interprofessional collaboration (IPC) and one of its facets, interprofessional clinical decision-making (IPCDM), are considered approaches to improve the quality of care and satisfaction of healthcare professionals in intensive care units (ICUs). Patient care in ICUs is characterized by frequent decision-making processes and technical devices. We conducted a scoping review to gain insight into the state of research on technical devices and IPCDM of nurses and physicians in ICUs. We systematically searched four databases for peer-reviewed publications and followed these up with extensive citation tracking. No article explicitly focuses on how technical devices shape IPCDM. The need for a greater emphasis on the role of technical devices in shaping IPCDM using mixed-method and qualitative research methodologies framed by sociomaterial theories is highlighted.</p>","PeriodicalId":50174,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Interprofessional Care","volume":" ","pages":"1-13"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2025-07-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144638588","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}
M Craquelin, S Azogui-Levy, P Lombrail, A Tenenbaum, T Marquillier
{"title":"Prevention of early childhood caries in France, potential perspectives for interprofessional action: a scoping review.","authors":"M Craquelin, S Azogui-Levy, P Lombrail, A Tenenbaum, T Marquillier","doi":"10.1080/13561820.2025.2529384","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13561820.2025.2529384","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Early childhood caries (tooth decays) is a severe oral health condition that develops under the age of six. In many countries, oral health (including cavity treatment) is provided solely by dentists, who work independently. This organizational structure results in missed opportunities to prevent illnesses that occur throughout the child's health pathway, from birth and even before. The article aims to describe existing strategies for interprofessionality in pediatric oral health, as well as the obstacles and facilitators to their implementation. A scoping review was conducted on PubMed, Web of Science, Embase and Google Scholar between 2013 and 2025 to identify existing interprofessional collaboration strategies. Articles had to present a model of interprofessionality (oral health professional and other professionals), without being associated with a specific disease. Books, conferences or case reports were not included. The 10 articles included propose 3 major strategies such as the integration of dental hygienists into primary care. Others models focus on collaborative practice, with oral health training for healthcare professionals, recommendations or shared assessment tools. These collaborations sometimes go as far as the delegation of skills, if legislative support allow. Finally, new technologies can be used, such as telehealth and dental applications for assessing the risk of caries. The results were discussed in the light of D'Amour's interprofessional model of care, to identify the obstacles and facilitators of the different strategies with an operational aim (creation of a model applicable in France). Results highlight the need to set up a pediatric oral health network, that is sufficiently structured and focused on patients' interests to reduce social and territorial inequalities in oral health.</p>","PeriodicalId":50174,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Interprofessional Care","volume":" ","pages":"1-14"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2025-07-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144627630","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}
Padmavathy Ramaswamy, Jennifer L Swails, Puja Gandhi, Shivika Chandra, Shirley L Hu, Samuel T Buske, Marylou Cardenas-Turanzas, Chasisty L Gilder, Sydnee Lucas, Tiffany Champagne-Langabeer
{"title":"ICARE: development of an interprofessional telehealth curriculum to promote Care access and Equity.","authors":"Padmavathy Ramaswamy, Jennifer L Swails, Puja Gandhi, Shivika Chandra, Shirley L Hu, Samuel T Buske, Marylou Cardenas-Turanzas, Chasisty L Gilder, Sydnee Lucas, Tiffany Champagne-Langabeer","doi":"10.1080/13561820.2025.2527747","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13561820.2025.2527747","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Interprofessional education (IPE) improves health outcomes and is increasingly required by accreditation bodies for health professionals. Concurrently, telemedicine has become a popular method for providing healthcare. However, its implementation highlights disparities within underserved populations. The Improving Care Access and Realizing Equity (ICARE) Program was developed as a unique eight-week curriculum combining IPE, telemedicine, translator services, and partnership with underserved communities. This manuscript describes the impact of ICARE on IPE core competencies among 215 participating students from across a large academic health center. Most of the students were female (151), with a mean age of 26 years. These students represented a diverse array of fields - medicine (110), public health (51), nursing (40), biomedical informatics (11), biomedical science (2), and dentistry (1). We used the Interprofessional Collaborative Competencies Attainment Survey (ICCAS), comparing pretest and posttest scores. Results revealed a significant improvement in posttest mean ICCAS scores (SD) of 5.60 (19.40) with <i>p</i>-value ≤.0001. Ultimately, students increased their perceived competency in collaboration, roles and responsibilities, collaborative patient-family-centered care, and team functioning.</p>","PeriodicalId":50174,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Interprofessional Care","volume":" ","pages":"1-8"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2025-07-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144627629","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, Katherine Delany, Rachel Phillips, Bernadette Thomson, Nigel Fellows, Megan Nevin, Vesa Cheng, Louise Nicholls, Hannah Mayr, Susan Stoikov
{"title":"A comprehensive whole-of-health service approach to interprofessional collaboration.","authors":"Angela Wood, Katherine Delany, Rachel Phillips, Bernadette Thomson, Nigel Fellows, Megan Nevin, Vesa Cheng, Louise Nicholls, Hannah Mayr, Susan Stoikov","doi":"10.1080/13561820.2025.2517213","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13561820.2025.2517213","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Interprofessional education (IPE) and interprofessional collaborative practice (IPCP) are essential for high-quality safe, effective, and efficient healthcare. This program of work aimed to build a culture of IPE and IPCP across a large metropolitan health service. This study was a repeated cross-sectional study which evaluated an approach to integrating IPE and IPCP as an embedded model of care across a health service. The Interprofessional Collaborative Organisation Map and Preparedness Assessment (IP-COMPASS) was used to (i) understand the current state of IPE and IPCP across the organization, (ii) guide a cohesive and comprehensive program of work to implement systems, structures, governance, practices, and education that support and develop IPE and IPCP, and (iii) evaluate the change in IPE and IPCP following the program of work. Eleven out of 22 interprofessional attributes (50%) were weak or absent at baseline. Following 18-months implementation of targeted interprofessional initiatives, strategies, and education, five attributes (22%) were weak or absent. Thirteen attributes improved (59%), six remained the same (27%), and three declined (14%). Many interprofessional attributes improved with a program of initiatives targeted to enhance the systems, structures, governance, practices, and education that support and develop IPE and IPCP. A small number of attributes declined, which may reflect increased awareness of IPE and IPCP as a previously unrecognized gap, leading to the realization that this critical way of working is absent. Despite improvements, many interprofessional attributes remained inadequate, highlighting the challenges and extended timeframes required for systems level change.</p>","PeriodicalId":50174,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Interprofessional Care","volume":" ","pages":"1-7"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2025-07-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144627628","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}
Alberto Cunha, Maria Joana Campos, Marta Campos Ferreira, Carla Sílvia Fernandes
{"title":"Interprofessional Collaboration in Healthcare with escape room: a scoping review.","authors":"Alberto Cunha, Maria Joana Campos, Marta Campos Ferreira, Carla Sílvia Fernandes","doi":"10.1080/13561820.2025.2530778","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13561820.2025.2530778","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Interprofessional collaboration is an essential competency for healthcare professionals, and escape rooms have emerged as an innovative strategy to enhance teamwork and communication. The purpose of this scoping review was to identify and summarize how escape rooms are used in the teaching and enhancement of interprofessional collaboration skills. We conducted a scoping review following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses for Scoping Review (PRISMA-ScR) guidelines. A search of five databases, Scopus®, Web of Science®, CINAHL Complete®, MEDLINE® and PsychINFO® was conducted for all articles until 1 January 2024. The review included 15 studies, mostly from the USA, involving a total of 2,434 participants across various healthcare professions. Key findings indicated significant improvements in group cohesion, communication, understanding of team roles, and interprofessional skills. Escape rooms can be an effective pedagogical tool in enhancing interprofessional competencies among healthcare students and professionals. Further research is needed to explore the sustainability of skills gained over time through escape rooms and to refine assessment methods.</p>","PeriodicalId":50174,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Interprofessional Care","volume":" ","pages":"1-9"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2025-07-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144621032","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}
Polyxeni Gregoriou, Evridiki Papastavrou, Andreas Charalambous, Elena Rousou, Anastasios Merkouris
{"title":"Physicians' and nurses' attitudes regarding interprofessional collaboration in Cyprus.","authors":"Polyxeni Gregoriou, Evridiki Papastavrou, Andreas Charalambous, Elena Rousou, Anastasios Merkouris","doi":"10.1080/13561820.2025.2529383","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13561820.2025.2529383","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A positive attitude between nurses and physicians toward interprofessional collaboration (IPC) enhances patient outcomes, job satisfaction, and the overall quality of healthcare services. This study aimed to examine the attitudes of physicians and nurses toward IPC in a public hospital and a private hospital in Cyprus. Data were collected using the Jefferson Scale of Attitudes Toward Nurse-Physician Collaboration questionnaire from a convenience sample of 573 healthcare professionals, including 79 physicians (13.8%) and 494 nurses (86.2%). The results showed that nurses had significantly more positive attitudes toward collaboration than physicians, with mean scores of 53.4 and 49.7, respectively (<i>p</i> < .001). Analysis of the four subscales revealed the following: Care vs. Treatment: Nurses reported higher positive attitudes compared to physicians (11 vs. 10, <i>p</i> < .001); Nurses' Autonomy: Physicians scored higher than nurses (11.3 vs. 10.9, <i>p</i> = .005); Physician Dominance: Nurses exhibited more positive attitudes than physicians (6.1 vs. 4.2, <i>p</i> < .001). Although both nurses and physicians demonstrated positive attitudes toward IPC, nurses appear more favorable to the concept. These findings underline the importance of integrating IPC-focused education into the training programs for both nurses and physicians, as this could foster more positive attitudes and ultimately enhance collaboration in healthcare settings.</p>","PeriodicalId":50174,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Interprofessional Care","volume":" ","pages":"1-9"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2025-07-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144610230","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":"'We try to jump those hurdles': inter-agency dynamics of referral with self-neglect cases in England.","authors":"David Orr, May Nasrawy, Cindy Morrison","doi":"10.1080/13561820.2025.2525152","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13561820.2025.2525152","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In health and social care, disagreements over referrals involve professionals contesting between them the power to define the situation. An aspect of practice that commonly gives rise to such disagreements is self-neglect because of its high ambiguity for services. Self-neglect therefore provides a useful case to explore how professionals anticipate and respond to interagency barriers to referral when criteria and thresholds are only loosely defined, and collaboration is often ad hoc. To investigate the dynamics of interagency referral for self-neglect, we interviewed 69 practitioners: health and social care professionals; and fire and rescue, environmental health, and housing officers, all of whom regularly respond to both crisis and chronic situations of self-neglect. Dynamics that influence referrers and hinder coordination between interprofessional networks included uncertainties about the right route, perceived barriers to referral acceptance, and feeling unable to refer. These present barriers to the anticipatory labor needed to make interagency referrals land successfully with the receiving agency and may lead to a self-fulfilling cycle that discourages practitioners from thoughtful referral practice. Although referral failures are often treated in research on referral in safeguarding as a technical knowledge-deficit problem, the data show the significance of wider interagency relations, perceptions, and expectations in accounting for the barriers.</p>","PeriodicalId":50174,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Interprofessional Care","volume":" ","pages":"1-9"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2025-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144555590","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}