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Communities of practice: an opportunity for interagency working
Author(s) -
LATHLEAN JUDITH,
LE MAY ANDRÉE
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
journal of clinical nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.94
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1365-2702
pISSN - 0962-1067
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2702.2002.00630.x
Subject(s) - context (archaeology) , action (physics) , nursing , point (geometry) , primary care , working group , public relations , medicine , psychology , political science , family medicine , geography , physics , geometry , mathematics , archaeology , quantum mechanics , law
• A particular approach to collaborative interagency working is that of mutliprofessional `communities of practice'. • Four such groups are described in the context of two action research projects, one relating to primary care and the other to outpatient services for dermatology and ENT. • The facilitating features, and the challenges and the potential of working in this way, are discussed, both from the point of view of understanding how knowledge is used and valued in such groups and as a useful mechanism for the development of services that span different professional perspectives and involve consumer interests.