The Influence of Professional Values on Attitudes Toward Collaborative Practice Among Healthcare Professionals

Abstract Background Interprofessional collaborative practice (IPCP) is increasingly recognised as being crucial for the provision of holistic care and optimising health outcomes among older adults, many with multiple complex health problems. However, little is known about the challenges of facilitating this in practice. Therefore, this study explores these issues from the perspective of different healthcare professionals and how this might inform interprofessional education curricula. Methods Sixteen different healthcare professionals working in a variety of aged care (acute, rehabilitative and community) settings were invited to participate in individual semi-structured in-depth interviews designed to: (i) explore the meaning of IPCP; (ii) explore the facilitators of and barriers to IPCP; and (iii) examine the opportunities and challenges in interprofessional gerontological education. All interviews were tape-recorded and transcribed verbatim with thematic analysis conducted by two independent researchers. Results Three major themes emerged from the interviews: the need for IPCP; role preparedness, scope and liability; and strategies for interprofessional education. Respondents shared a common belief that IPCP improves the quality of life of older adults in both hospital and community settings by improving person-centred coordinated care and decision making in care planning. However, respondents perceived major barriers to IPCP to be lack of knowledge about healthcare professionals’ scope of practice, lack of training in interprofessional collaboration, professional culture and stereotypes, and liability issues. Suggested approaches to overcome these barriers included innovative teaching and learning approaches, engaging students early on in the curriculum of health professional degree programmes, and enhancing collaborative effective communication in health and social care settings. Conclusions It is anticipated that these findings will be used to inform the development of a new interprofessional gerontological education curriculum that aims to enhance students’ competence in IPCP.

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Healthcare professionals’ perceptions regarding interprofessional collaborative practice in Indonesia

Journal of Interprofessional Education & Practice ◽

10.1016/j.xjep.2019.01.005 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 15 ◽

pp. 24-29 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Rezki Yeti Yusra ◽

Ardi Findyartini ◽

Diantha Soemantri

Keyword(s):

Healthcare Professionals ◽

Collaborative Practice ◽

Interprofessional Collaborative Practice

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Preserving Professional Identities, Behaviors, and Values in Digital Professionalism: A Scoping Review

10.21203/rs.3.rs-45977/v1 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Shaista Salman Guraya ◽

Salman Yousuf Guraya ◽

Muhammad Saiful Bahri Yusoff

Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

Scoping Review ◽

Health Professionals ◽

Healthcare Professionals ◽

Professional Values ◽

Rapid Rise ◽

Professional Identities ◽

Digital Era ◽

Use Of Social Media ◽

The Impact

Abstract Background Despite a rapid rise of use of social media in medical disciplines, uncertainty prevails among healthcare professionals for providing medical content on social media. There are also growing concerns about unprofessional behaviors and blurring of professional identities that are undermining digital professionalism. This review tapped the literature to determine the impact of social media on medical professionalism and how can professional identities and values be maintained in digital era. Methods We searched the databases of PubMed, ProQuest, ScienceDirect, Web of Science, and EBSCO host using (professionalism AND (professionalism OR (professional identity) OR (professional behaviors) OR (professional values) OR (professional ethics))) AND ((social media) AND ((social media) OR (social networking sites) OR Twitter OR facebook)) AND (health professionals). The research questions were based on participants (health professionals), concept (professionalism), and context (social media, digital world). We screened initial yield of titles using pre-determined inclusion and exclusion criteria and selected a group of articles for qualitative analysis. We used the Biblioshiny® software package for generation of popular concepts as clustered keywords. Results Our search yielded 44 articles with four leading themes; marked rise in use of social media by healthcare professionals and students, negative impact of social media on digital professionalism, blurring of medical professional values, behaviors, and identity in digital era, limited evidence for teaching and assessing digital professionalism. A high occurrence of violation of patient privacy and professional integrity and cyberbullying is reported. There are no existing guidelines and policies for digital professionalism that can safeguard healthcare professionals, students and patients. Conclusion Our scoping review reports a rapid rise of unprofessional behaviors on social media among healthcare professionals. The boundaries between personal and professional practices are mystified in digital professionalism. These findings call for potential educational ramifications to resurrect professional virtues, behaviors and identities of healthcare professionals and students.

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Twelve tips to facilitate Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice with students on placements in healthcare settings

The Journal of Practice Teaching and Learning ◽

10.1921/jpts.v18i3.1740 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 18 (3) ◽

Author(s):

Priya Martin ◽

Michael Sy

Keyword(s):

Interprofessional Education ◽

Healthcare Professionals ◽

Collaborative Practice ◽

Service Users ◽

Common Belief ◽

Clinical Placements ◽

Healthcare Teams ◽

Healthcare Settings ◽

Clinical Educators ◽

The Ideal

It is acknowledged that the adverse effects of the COVID-19 pandemic will be long-lasting on healthcare organisations. Consequently, healthcare teams will need to work more collaboratively, supporting each other better in the post-pandemic period. Pre-registration clinical placements in healthcare settings provide an ideal opportunity to instil Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice (IPECP) skills, values, and competencies in students early-on. It is a common belief that teams need to have students from two or more professions to facilitate IPECP. Whilst this may be the ideal scenario, healthcare settings were struggling even prior to the pandemic to orchestrate such placement opportunities given the complicated logistics and their resource-intensive nature. This 12 tips paper provides clinical educators with practical tips to facilitate IPECP across the whole continuum from a single student on placement, to several students from two or more professions on placement at the same time. These tips, by promoting IPECP in all student placements, have the potential to re-energise IPECP in healthcare settings, thereby contributing to better outcomes for healthcare professionals, organisations, and service users.

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The Use of an Experiential Educational Activity to Promote Interprofessional Education in Physical and Occupational Therapist Students

Internet Journal of Allied Health Sciences and Practice ◽

10.46743/1540-580x/2019.1841 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Amy Brzuz ◽

Beth Gustafson

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Interprofessional Education ◽

Healthcare Professionals ◽

Physical Therapist ◽

Occupational Therapist ◽

Collaborative Practice ◽

Educational Activity ◽

Learning Activity ◽

Healthcare Settings ◽

Physical Therapist Student

In many healthcare settings, interprofessional collaborative practice is expected of healthcare professionals to facilitate optimal patient outcomes. To prepare healthcare professionals to provide this collaborative practice, institutions of higher education are infusing interprofessional education activities into their healthcare curricula. While interprofessional education activities have been demonstrated to be beneficial for students, the creation and implementation of these types of activities by higher education faculty can be challenging. Factors such as logistics, curricular differences, and already busy course schedules can sway faculty from developing interprofessional experiences for their students. The purpose of this paper is to describe the development and implementation of an interprofessional education activity involving physical and occupational therapist students that was added to an existing physical therapist student experiential learning activity. Activity outcomes and recommendations will be shared in anticipation that other healthcare faculty will be inspired to initiate communication and collaboration to create their own unique IPE experiences.

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Ethnogeriatrics: Development and Application of the Cohort Analysis Tool

Perspectives on Communication Disorders and Sciences in Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Populations ◽

10.1044/cds21.2.37 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 21 (2) ◽

pp. 37-52

Author(s):

Melen McBride

Keyword(s):

Healthcare Professionals ◽

Cohort Analysis ◽

Analysis Tool ◽

Speech Language Pathology ◽

Clinical Tool ◽

Research Activities ◽

Key Concepts ◽

Practice Teaching ◽

Language Pathology ◽

Significant Factors

Ethnogeriatrics is an evolving specialty in geriatric care that focuses on the health and aging issues in the context of culture for older adults from diverse ethnic backgrounds. This article is an introduction to ethnogeriatrics for healthcare professionals including speech-language pathologists (SLPs). This article focuses on significant factors that contributed to the development of ethnogeriatrics, definitions of some key concepts in ethnogeriatrics, introduces cohort analysis as a teaching and clinical tool, and presents applications for speech-language pathology with recommendations for use of cohort analysis in practice, teaching, and research activities.

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The Preschool Stuttering Screen for Health Care Professionals

Perspectives on Fluency and Fluency Disorders ◽

10.1044/ffd21.2.59 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 21 (2) ◽

pp. 59-62

Author(s):

Joseph Donaher ◽

Christina Deery ◽

Sarah Vogel

Keyword(s):

Risk Factors ◽

Health Care ◽

Differential Diagnosis ◽

Preschool Children ◽

Health Care Professionals ◽

Healthcare Professionals ◽

Evidence Based ◽

Developmental Profile

Healthcare professionals require a thorough understanding of stuttering since they frequently play an important role in the identification and differential diagnosis of stuttering for preschool children. This paper introduces The Preschool Stuttering Screen for Healthcare Professionals (PSSHP) which highlights risk factors identified in the literature as being associated with persistent stuttering. By integrating the results of the checklist with a child’s developmental profile, healthcare professionals can make better-informed, evidence-based decisions for their patients.

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