Interprofessional Collaboration in Healthcare Education, Practice, and Research

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue of Healthcare focuses on interprofessional collaboration in healthcare education, clinical practice, and research. There will be an emphasis on a University-wide approach to interprofessional collaboration, including the importance of Interprofessional Strategic Planning to identify a vision, mission, goals, and strategies, and University support and resources for interprofessional events and initiatives. Engagement of the faculty begins with engagement of the University Faculty Senate through the development of a Senate Interprofessional Committee and representation of faculty across Colleges and Departments of Medicine, Nursing, Public Health, and the Health Sciences in the development of curricular, course, clinical, and research/scholarship interprofessional initiatives. There will be a focus on interprofessional competencies and relevant teaching and learning strategies. The theoretical basis for interprofessional collaboration as a guide for assessments, team-based interventions, and research in healthcare will be explored. The evidence base for interprofessional processes and outcomes will be analyzed with leading-edge recommendations for the promotion of interprofessional collaboration in healthcare education, practice, and research.

Prof. Deborah Witt Sherman
Dr. Monica Hough
Guest Editors

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