Short duration clinically-based interprofessional shadowing and patient review activities may have a role in preparing health professional students to practice collaboratively: a systematic literature review.

Short duration clinically-based interprofessional shadowing and patient review activities may have a role in preparing health professional students to practice collaboratively: a systematic literature review. J Interprof Care. 2018 Nov 05;:1-10 Authors: Brack P, Shields N Abstract Interprofessional education is important to help prepare and develop a health professional workforce that practices collaboratively. The aim of this systematic review was to examine the benefits of participation in short duration clinically-based interprofessional activities for health care professional students. Eight electronic databases (MEDLINE, CINAHL, PUBMED, EMBASE, PsychINFO, PEDRO, ERIC, OT Seeker) were searched from inception to June 2017. Full-text English-language studies reporting outcomes of short duration clinically-based interprofessional activities involving health professional students from at least two disciplines were included. Studies were excluded if they evaluated longer duration, iterative or simulation-based interprofessional activities. Data were analysed descriptively and using content analysis based on the Core Competencies for Interprofessional Collaborative Practice framework. Of 521 identified articles, 13 were identified for inclusion and assessed for quality independently by two reviewers. The included studies assessed two types of interprofessional activities (shadowing and patient reviews) completed by a range of different...
Source: Journal of Interprofessional Care - Category: Health Management Tags: J Interprof Care Source Type: research