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Working in a spirit of interprofessional practice: a hermeneutic phenomenological study
Abstract
Interprofessional practice is recognized as essential to providing patient-centered, collaborative and high quality care, contributing to optimal health outcomes. Understandings of how best to cultivate practitioners able to 'be' and 'become' interprofessional remain problematic. To advance that understanding, this hermeneutic phenomenological study addressed the question: 'What are health professionals' experiences of working with people from other disciplines?' In-depth, semi structured interviews with 12 health professionals from nursing, occupational therapy, physiotherapy, speech and language therapy, medicine, social work, and midwifery were undertaken using a conversation style. Three unifying themes revealed things which appear to be at the 'heart' of interprofessional practice; the call to interprofessional practice, working in a spirit of interprofessional practice and safeguarding and preserving interprofessional practice. This paper focuses on the first two themes. The findings contribute to a deeper understanding of interprofessional practice as a way of being that extends beyond known and measureable skills and knowledge, to dispositions and qualities. Dispositional qualities come from within a person and what they care about, and from experiences that shape their understandings. This study points toward interprofessional practice as being about a spirit. Who people are, what they bring and how they act is what matters.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Flood, B., Hocking, C., Smythe, L., & Jones, M.
- Affiliations
- Auckland University of Technology (NZ)
- Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand
- Corresponding author
- Flood, Brenda
- Venue
- Journal of Interprofessional Care
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2019-02-18
- Volume
- 33
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 744-752
- ISSN
- 1356-1820 (ISSN-L)
- 1469-9567
- OpenAlex
- W2917182417
- Cited by
- 14
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2024: 2 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 1
- FWCI
- 2.74
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Interprofessional Care (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Interprofessional Education and Collaboration
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History and Philosophy of Science › Interdisciplinary Research and Collaboration
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Team Dynamics and Performance
- Keywords
- interprofessional practice, interprofessional collaboration, health professionals' experiences, patient-centered care, health professions education
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Attitude of Health Personnel, Cooperative Behavior, Female, Humans, Interprofessional Relations, Interviews as Topic, Male, New Zealand, Patient Care Team, Patient-Centered Care, Hermeneutics
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