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Interprofessional Education for Whom? — Challenges and Lessons Learned from Its Implementation in Developed Countries and Their Application to Developing Countries: A Systematic Review
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BACKGROUND: Evidence is available on the potential efficacy of interprofessional education (IPE) to foster interprofessional cooperation, improve professional satisfaction, and improve patient care. While the intention of the World Health Organization (WHO) is to implement IPE in all countries, evidence comes from developed countries about its efficiency, challenges, and barriers to planning and implementing IPE. We therefore conducted this review to examine challenges of implementing IPE to suggest possible pathways to overcome the anticipated challenges in developing countries. METHODS: We searched for literatures on IPE in PubMed/MEDLINE, CINAHL, PsycINFO, and ERIC databases. We examined challenges or barriers and initiatives to overcome them so as to suggest methods to solve the anticipated challenges in developing countries. We could not conduct a meta-analysis because of the qualitative nature of the research question and the data; instead we conducted a meta-narrative of evidence. RESULTS: A total of 40 out of 2,146 articles were eligible for analyses in the current review. Only two articles were available from developing countries. Despite the known benefits of IPE, a total of ten challenges or barriers were common based on the retrieved evidence. They included curriculum, leadership, resources, stereotypes and attitudes, variety of students, IPE concept, teaching, enthusiasm, professional jargons, and accreditation. Out of ten, three had already been reported in developing countries: IPE curriculum, resource limitations, and stereotypes. CONCLUSION: This study found ten important challenges on implementing IPE. They are curriculum, leadership, resources, stereotypes, students' diversity, IPE concept, teaching, enthusiasm, professional jargons, and accreditation. Although only three of them are already experienced in developing countries, the remaining seven are potentially important for developing countries, too. By knowing these challenges and barriers in advance, those who implement IPE programs in developing countries will be much more prepared, and can enhance the program's potential success.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Sunguya, B. F., Hinthong, W., Jimba, M., & Yasuoka, J.
- Affiliations
- The University of Tokyo (JP)
- Mahidol University (TH)
- Corresponding author
- Yasuoka, Junko
- Venue
- PLoS ONE
- Publisher
- Public Library of Science (PLoS)
- Published
- 2014-05-08
- Volume
- 9
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- e96724
- ISSN
- 1932-6203 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC4014542
- OpenAlex
- W1991408830
- Cited by
- 212
- References
- 85
- Citations by year
- 2026: 10 · 2025: 21 · 2024: 15 · 2023: 17 · 2022: 28 · 2021: 27 · 2020: 20 · 2019: 23 · 2018: 19 · 2017: 17 · 2016: 6 · 2015: 9
- FWCI
- 1.82
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Locations
- PLoS ONE (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, other-oa)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- Funders
- Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences
- University of Health and Allied Sciences
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Interprofessional Education and Collaboration
- Social Sciences › Education › Innovations in Medical Education
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History and Philosophy of Science › Interdisciplinary Research and Collaboration
- Keywords
- interprofessional education, implementation barriers, developing countries, interprofessional collaboration, curriculum development, leadership, resource constraints, occupational stereotypes, student diversity, accreditation, health professions education
- MeSH terms
- Cooperative Behavior, Developing Countries, Health Personnel, Humans, Developed Countries
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