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Volume 29 (3)

Volume 29, Issue 3, Summer 2009line
J Contin Educ Health Prof 2009; 29(3):151
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Improving the clarity of the interprofessional field: Implications for research and continuing interprofessional education
Goldman J, Zwarenstein M, Bhattacharyya O, Reeves S

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Significant investments are being made around the world to improve interprofessional collaboration, yet limits in our knowledge of this field restrict the ability of decision makers to base their decisions upon evidence. Clarity of the interprofessional field is blurred by a conceptual and semantic confusion that affects our understanding of key elements of education and practice activities, their interlinked relationship, and their effects on health or system outcomes. Systematic reviews of interprofessional education (IPE) and interprofessional collaboration (IPC) have provided some insight into the nature and effectiveness of this field, but a lack of clarity remains. In this article we report on a scoping review currently being undertaken to analyze the interprofessional field, improve its conceptual clarity, and identify elements needed to enhance its development. Emerging review findings regarding participants and settings, interventions, and outcomes are reported. The article provides implications from this review and discusses them in relation to continuing IPE and future research.

Lessons For Practice
  • Significant educational and organizational resources are being invested to improve interprofessional collaboration, yet further research is required to enable evidenceinformed decisions.
  • A scoping review has begun to map out the interprofessional field by examining and defining the participants and settings, interventions, and outcomes, to better conceptualize the types of interprofessional activities and their relationships with outcomes.
  • Emerging findings from this scoping review has indicated that there are three main interprofessional interventions (education, practice, and organization-based) which appear to impact health care providers’ behaviors and health care outcomes.
  • Greater clarity of the interprofessional field will result in a better understanding about the role and effectiveness of continuing IPE, and illuminate how it can be combined with the other types of interprofessional interventions.

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