Educational interventions to enhance competencies for interprofessional collaboration among nurse and physician managers: An integrative review.

Educational interventions to enhance competencies for interprofessional collaboration among nurse and physician managers: An integrative review. J Interprof Care. 2017 Sep 01;:1-11 Authors: Clausen C, Cummins K, Dionne K Abstract Collaborative leadership and management structures are critical to transforming care delivery. Both nurse and physician managers are uniquely positioned to co-lead. However, little is known on how to prepare and support individuals for these co-leader arrangements. The re-design of healthcare professional education focuses on interprofessional collaboration, mutual learning, and a competency-based approach. While competencies for interprofessional collaboration have been delineated, competencies for collaborative management practice have yet to be addressed. An integrative review of empirical studies on existing educational interventions was conducted to critically appraise and synthesise the results regarding collaborative competence among nurse and physician leaders. We reviewed how these interventions have been designed, implemented, and evaluated within workplace settings in order to inform our understanding of what components are effective or ineffective for the future development of an educational programme. This review reports on key characteristics of nine empirical studies and emphasises that: a uniprofessional approach to leadership development is predominant within educational programmes and that ...
Source: Journal of Interprofessional Care - Category: Health Management Tags: J Interprof Care Source Type: research