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Review article: Biomedical intelligence

Vol. 147 No. 4344 (2017)

Challenges in interprofessionalism in Swiss health care: the practice of successful interprofessional collaboration as experienced by professionals

  • Christof Schmitz
  • Gina Atzeni
  • Peter Berchtold
DOI
https://doi.org/10.4414/smw.2017.14525
Cite this as:
Swiss Med Wkly. 2017;147:w14525
Published
27.10.2017

Summary

The topic of interprofessional collaboration (IPC) between healthcare professionals has been widely discussed in recent years. Whereas the growing calls for more and better IPC can scarcely be ignored and a broad range of definitions and normative concepts have been proposed, it remains unclear what IPC actually means for practising professionals. This exploratory survey investigated the various ways in which successful IPC is understood in practice. As a main finding of the study, we were able to identify three distinct modes of collaboration between different professions in health care. Moreover, we provide evidence that whether and how IPC occurs strongly depends on the care contexts or settings in which these health professionals work. Explicit acknowledgement of and attention to these findings could improve the impact of initiatives to foster IPC.

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