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- Title
Do not confuse multidisciplinary task management in nursing homes with interprofessional care!
- Authors
Tsakitzidis, Giannoula; Anthierens, Sibyl; Timmermans, Olaf; Truijen, Steven; Meulemans, Herman; Van Royen, Paul
- Abstract
Problem statementLittle is known about how interprofessional healthcare providers in nursing homes work together. We know that interprofessional teamwork evolves from trial and error learning and so interprofessional collaboration has to be actively taught. This study aims to gain insights in the perception of professionals towards interprofessional collaboration in nursing homes and the factors that have an impact on interprofessional collaboration.ApproachA qualitative descriptive methodology using focus group interviews and additional semi-structured interviews was performed. In total three focus group sessions with healthcare providers from different disciplines were held and additionally nine semi-structured interviews were executed. A thematic analysis was performed. The transcripts were read to immerse in the data and initial ideas were noted. Both open coding (identification of primary themes) and axial coding (analysis of relationships among themes) were conducted and re-focussed into potential themes.FindingsFour main themes emerge from the analysis: context, collaboration, care and experience. From the findings it seems that healthcare teams in nursing homes work as ‘separated groups’. A lot of collaboration is perceived, but no common vision or responsibility sharing is found. The role description of the different disciplines does not always seem clear or is not always explicit.ConclusionIn usual care the perceived interactions between professionals are called collaboration. Obviously physicians and all healthcare professionals do not work interprofessionally according to definitions from the literature. This study provided evidence of the awareness that interprofessional collaboration in usual care is situational and fragmentary organised.
- Subjects
EDUCATION; FOCUS groups; HEALTH care teams; INTERPROFESSIONAL relations; INTERVIEWING; RESEARCH methodology; MEDICAL care; MEDICAL personnel; NURSING care facilities; PATIENTS; TEAMS in the workplace; QUALITATIVE research; TASK performance
- Publication
Primary Health Care Research & Development, 2017, Vol 18, Issue 6, p591
- ISSN
1463-4236
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/S146342361700024X