How to be cooperative in a competitive system: The multi-professional and multicultural face of European health care education.
This article discusses the Bologna Declaration, in which 29 European countries have voluntarily committed to standardizing the various systems of higher education, including the education of health care professionals. One of the purposes of the Bologna Declaration is to attract students and income from abroad in order to rival the United States and Australia. An important consideration regarding the impact of the restructuring process is whether it will also contribute to the enhancement of interdisciplinary and intercultural cooperation, which are major factors influencing quality of life for both patients and health care workers.
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Anne
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Provinciale Hogeschool Limburg (University College), Hasselt, Belgium. anne.beyers@phlimburg.be
D000488:Allied Health Personnel / Q000193:education*; D003479:Curriculum; D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D005060:Europe; D006266:Health Education / Q000379:methods* / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D017145:Models, Educational