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dc.contributor.authorAnsa, Benjamin E.
dc.contributor.authorZechariah, Sunitha
dc.contributor.authorGates, Amy M.
dc.contributor.authorJohnson, Stephanie W.
dc.contributor.authorHeboyan, Vahé
dc.contributor.authorDe Leo, Gianluca
dc.date.accessioned2020-09-21T12:34:35Z
dc.date.available2020-09-21T12:34:35Z
dc.date.issued2020-09-06
dc.identifier.pmid32899937
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/healthcare8030323
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10675.2/623568
dc.description.abstractThe increasing rates of comorbidities among patients and the complexity of care have warranted interprofessional collaboration (IPC) as an important component of the healthcare structure. An initial step towards assessing the e ectiveness of collaboration requires the exploration of the attitudes and experience of healthcare professionals towards IPC. This online survey aimed to examine the attitudes of healthcare professionals working in a large public academic medical center toward IPC in patient care and the healthcare team, and their behavior and experience regarding IPC. The rankings, according to the perceived importance among the respondents, of the four Interprofessional Education Collaborative (IPEC) core competencies (values/ethics, roles/responsibilities, interprofessional communication, teams/teamwork) were assessed. There were strong but varying levels of consensus among healthcare professionals (N = 551) that IPC facilitates ecient patient care, improves patient problem-solving ability, and increases better clinical outcomes for patients. They acknowledged that IPC promotes mutual respect within the healthcare team and providers’ ability to make optimal patient care decisions. However, overall more than 35% of the respondents did not attend multidisciplinary education sessions (grand rounds, seminars, etc.), and about 23% did not participate in bedside patient care rounds. Interprofessional communication was ranked as the most important IPEC core competence. Although the attitude towards IPC among healthcare professionals is strongly positive, many healthcare professionals face challenges in participating in IPC. Institutional policies that facilitate interprofessional learning and interactions for this group of healthcare professionals should be formulated. Online distance learning and interactions, and simulation-enhanced interprofessional education, are options for addressing this barrier. Hospital administrators should facilitate conducive work environments that promote IPC, based on IPEC core competencies, and promote programs that address the challenges of IPC.en_US
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherMDPIen_US
dc.relation.urlhttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32899937/en_US
dc.relation.urlhttps://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/8/3/323en_US
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/*
dc.subjectInterprofessional collaborationen_US
dc.subjectattitudesen_US
dc.subjectbehavior; healthcare professionals; academic medical centeren_US
dc.titleAttitudes and Behavior towards Interprofessional Collaboration among Healthcare Professionals in a Large Academic Medical Centeren_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.contributor.departmentInstitute of Public and Preventive Healthen_US
dc.identifier.journalHealthcareen_US
refterms.dateFOA2020-09-21T12:34:35Z


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