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Mock Interdisciplinary Staffing: Educating for Interprofessional Collaboration
Author(s) -
QuealyBerge Diana,
Caldwell Karen
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
counselor education and supervision
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.608
H-Index - 40
eISSN - 1556-6978
pISSN - 0011-0035
DOI - 10.1002/j.1556-6978.2004.tb01855.x
Subject(s) - staffing , interprofessional education , medical education , psychology , work (physics) , nursing , medicine , health care , economics , economic growth , mechanical engineering , engineering
Training for interprofessional collaboration is important because professionals are increasingly required to work together in a coordinated and collaborative manner to meet the complex needs of clients. However, few published reports exist on interprofessional training for community counselors and marriage and family therapists. The authors discuss the use of a mock interdisciplinary staffing with students who are training to be counselors and marriage and family therapists. This method of instruction holds promise as an effective means of introducing students to a range of issues, including the knowledge, skills, and attitudes needed for interprofessional practice.