ERIC Number: ED637647
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 130
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: 979-8-3801-0696-2
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Allied Health Faculty Members' Perspectives on Interprofessional Collaborative Practice: A Hermeneutic Phenomenological Study
Prajakta Khare-Ranade; Margaret Newsham Beckley; Mary Geders Falcetti
ProQuest LLC, Ed.D. Dissertation, University of Missouri - Saint Louis
A framework for interprofessional collaborative practice (IPCP) was developed by the World Health Organization (WHO) (WHO, 2010) in response to the need to address the complicated conditions that exist in today's health systems. Much of the focus of today's health service delivery is predicated on the social determinants of health (Barzansky et al., 2019), which refer to the environmental conditions associated with where people are born, live, go to school, work, play, age, and worship that have an impact on health, function, quality of life, and risks (Healthy People 2030, n.d.). IPCP is thought to be the only approach effective enough to address these complicated systems associated with health (Bosch & Mansell, 2015). This co-authored dissertation explores what may impact the development of IPCP skills in allied health professionals.This study focused on the lived experiences associated with IPCP of four allied health providers at three points along their professional paths--as students, clinicians, and faculty members. A hermeneutic phenomenological approach included the use of semi-structured interviews to gather information associated with IPCP at these three points. The codes that emerged from the interviews of participants as students were consolidated into two themes: student professional development and student collaboration. Codes from interviews of participants as clinicians were examined and the following two themes emerged: effect of practice on client care and work environment. Lastly, the codes from the interviews of participants as faculty members were organized into the following two themes: learning activities for IPCP development and factors associated with IPE delivery. The overall results of this study indicate that IPCP education, exposure, and application varied among the participants. Two of the four participants appear to have had more experience with IPCP, which has implications for patient and client interventions and professional education programs in allied health. Future research is indicated to further examine these implications. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://bibliotheek.ehb.be:2222/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]
Descriptors: Allied Health Personnel, Interprofessional Relationship, Cooperation, Access to Health Care, Health Services, Delivery Systems, Allied Health Occupations Education, College Faculty, Professional Development, Learning Activities
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