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| Joint working in the care of older people: can interprofessional education help? | | Author(s) | Janet James |
| Journal title | Health Care in Later Life, vol 2, no 2, May 1997 |
| Pages | pp 121-130 |
| Keywords | Ageing process ; Courses ; Personnel ; Coordination ; Interaction [welfare services] ; United Kingdom. |
| Annotation | Older people may have multiple health and social needs, yet the problems of co-ordinating agencies and services is a constant issue. Interprofessional education in gerontology offers one way of overcoming these problems, as students have the opportunity to share experiences and views and learn more about each other's practice. In this small study, a group of students on a postgraduate, post-qualification course for professionals working with older people in the United Kingdom (UK) were asked to evaluate their experiences through the completion of a questionnaire and participation in a group interview. While most of them had enjoyed the course and felt that they had benefited personally, some of the data also suggest that the impact on their organisation was limited by the influence and position that they held there. Moreover, there is evidence to suggest that some students were discriminated against and that their organisation perceived them as `difficult'. This suggests that interprofessional education is not in itself enough to develop collaborative working between professionals and agencies, and that wider organisational changes are needed for this to be achieved. |
| Accession Number | CPA-980212229 A |
| Classmark | BG: VE: QM: QAJ: QK6: 8 |
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