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Evaluating Interprofessional Education: two systematic reviews for health and social care
Author(s) -
Barr Hugh,
Hammick Marilyn,
Koppel Ivan,
Reeves Scott
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
british educational research journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.171
H-Index - 89
eISSN - 1469-3518
pISSN - 0141-1926
DOI - 10.1080/0141192990250408
Subject(s) - interprofessional education , health care , systematic review , subject (documents) , social care , psychology , medical education , health professions , pedagogy , medicine , medline , nursing , political science , computer science , library science , law
Learning between professions has been widely invoked in health and social care in the belief that it improves collaboration in practice. Evidence to substantiate that belief is, however, elusive. Obstacles to the rigorous evaluation of interprofessional education are formidable, but this article reports progress towards establishing an evidence base. It describes two reviews. One is subject to criteria for Cochrane Collaboration, the other less constrained. Findings are reported for the first and methodology is discussed for the second. The article begins with an overview of interprofessional education in health and social care.