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Interprofessional Collaboration

The overall goal of interprofessional collaboration is a partnership between a team of health providers and a client in a participatory, collaborative and coordinated approach to shared decision-making around health and social issues. (CIHC's National Interprofessional Competency Framework)

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Webpages

Build Collaborative Teams (CNA)
Effective communication within a primary care team depends on the ability of each person to clearly understand his or her role and the roles of others. Interprofessional collaboration should also ensure a consistent message to help patients understand and appreciate these different roles...
Interprofessional Collaboration (CNA)
Collaborative practice occurs, according to the World Health Organization, “when multiple health workers from different professional backgrounds provide comprehensive services by working with patients, their families, caregivers and communities to deliver the highest quality of care across settings.”
Collaborative Care (WRHA)
Collaborative Care is when several health providers work together with patients/residents/clients, their families, caregivers and communities to provide high quality care. It involves engaging any health provider whose expertise can help improve the patient/resident/client’s health. When health providers collaborate, new possibilities exist that were not there before...

Reports & Publications

Nursing in a team environment (CRNM) [PDF]
The following documents aim to promote understanding of the concept of scope of practice, how scopes of practice differ among the three nursing professions and the factors to consider when making decisions about the appropriate nurse for the job.
CNA Position Statement: Interprofessional Collaboration 2020 (CNA) [PDF]
Canadian Nurses Association position statement on Interprofessional Collaboration
Framework for Action on Interprofessional Education & Collaborative Practice (WHO)
The Framework for Action on Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice highlights the current status of interprofessional collaboration around the world identifies the mechanisms that shape successful collaborative teamwork and outlines a series of action items that policy-makers can apply within their local health system
Practice Expectation Spotlight: Collaborative Care in Practice (CRNM)
These examples demonstrate collaboration in practice. RNs are expected to work collaboratively and cooperatively with clients, families and other health-care providers in providing for the health care of the client and communicate effectively and appropriately with them.
Tools and Resources (CIE)
This area of the website offers an evolving repository of resources, tools, and links to research papers for individuals and teams who are planning, facilitating or participating in IPE, collaborative practice, and team-based care activities.
Primary Care Interprofessional Team Toolkit (Manitoba) [PDF]
This toolkit builds from earlier work to help clinics in the Physician Integrated Networks to identify which providers to integrate. This version builds on this work and introduces additional resources which provide more details about each step of the process. Resources were chosen based on the questions and barriers identified by Manitoba physicians, other providers and My Health Teams.
Interprofessional Care Competency Framework and Team Assessment Toolkit [PDF]
The key hope is that the IPC Competency Framework and Team Assessment Toolkit will provide the basis for supporting, educating and coaching teams to evolve from multiprofessional to interprofessional practice. The key expectation is that each TAHSN hospital will engage the IPC Competency Framework relative to their stage of IPC integration and context...
Schot, E., Tummers, L., & Noordegraaf, M. (2020). Working on working together. A systematic review on how healthcare professionals contribute to interprofessional collaboration. Journal of Interprofessional Care, 34(3), 332–342.
Professionals in healthcare are increasingly encouraged to work together. This has acted as a catalyst for research on interprofessional collaboration. Authors suggest developing interprofessional collaboration is not just the job of managers and policy makers; it also requires active contributions of professionals. Empirical understanding of whether professionals make such contributions and if so, how and why, remains fragmented.
Recommendations for Action: Getting the Most out of Interprofessional Primary Health Care Teams
This compendium report is the last publication of the research series Improving Primary Health Care Through Collaboration.

Library Resources

Clinical Judgement and Decision-Making in Nursing and Inter-Professional Healthcare by Mooi Standing
Publication Date: 2010
Sound clinical judgement and decision-making is vital to delivery of high quality, patient-centred, nursing and interprofessional healthcare. This book integrates the theory and practice of decision-making to guide and enhance practitioners' understanding and clinical expertise. Mooi Standing presents relevant, contemporary theory and research that relates decision-making to: Professional identity Organization of healthcare Developing knowledge and skills Selecting and applying the most appropriate intervention in clinical practice ...
Foundations of Interprofessional Collaborative Practice in Health Care by Slusser, Margaret ; Garcia, Luis I. ; Reed, Carole-Rae.
Publication Date: 2018
Foundations of Interprofessional Collaborative Practice in Health Care - a unique new textbook that will equip you to become an effective member of interprofessional healthcare teams. This completely new textbook is the first on the market to introduce the Interprofessional Education Collaborative (IPEC, 2011, 2016) Core Competencies for Interprofessional Collaborative Practice and to provide practice in applying these competencies to everyday practice.
Interprofessional Education Toolkit: Practical Strategies for Program Design, Implementation, and Assessment. by Nassrine Noureddine; William Ofstad; Darla K. Hagge
Publication Date: 2021
Interprofessional education (IPE) and collaborative practice (IPCP) are the keys to improving health, safety, satisfaction and cost in the modern healthcare system. Interprofessional Education Toolkit: Practical Strategies for Program Design, Implementation, and Assessment provides healthcare educators, administrators, and clinicians with a practical, evidence-based manual for leading change....
Transforming Interprofessional Partnerships : A New Framework for Nursing and Partnership-based Health Care by Riane Eisler
Publication Date: 2014
Transforming Interprofessional Partnerships: A New Framework for Nursing and Partnership-Based Health Care provides nurses and other health care professionals tools to reexamine the current state of interdisciplinary partnerships in order to build a more effective, caring, and sustainable health care system. This comprehensive text will benefit nurses by defining and illustrating full partnership in practice, education, and research in order to improve communication and interprofessional collaboration.
Pediatric Acute Care: A Guide to Interprofessional Practice by Bolick, Beth Nachtsheim, editor.
Publication Date: 2021
Pediatric Acute Care: A Guide for Interprofessional Practice takes an evidence-based, interprofessional approach to pediatric acute care as it exemplifies the depth and diversity that's needed for the dynamic healthcare environments in which acutely ill children receive care.

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