title: Is interprofessionality a threshold concept for education and health care practice?
abstract: Advocated for over the last decade, only recently has interprofessional education and practice been front and center in conversations in allied health. The wide acceptance of interprofessional education and practice, however, comes with its own set of unique issues. In fact, many people may purport to be interprofessional when they are acting in a manner inconsistent with it. The challenge of learning about and truly understanding interprofessionality is exemplified when pondering what constitutes a threshold concept. A threshold concept is a relatively new term in educational theory and relates to content or conceptual knowledge that can open up new ways of thinking. Collectively, this article presents our thinking on interprofessionlity as a threshold concept for interprofessional education and practice.
authors.affiliation: Dean of the Margaret and Edward Doisy College of Health Sciences, Saint Louis University, 3437 Caroline Street, St. Louis, MO 63104, USA. Tel 314-997-8501 fax 314-997-1155. royeencb@slu.edu.
authors.forename: Charlotte Brasic
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Royeen
authors.forename: Gail M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Jensen
authors.forename: Tracy A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Chapman
authors.forename: Tony
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ciccone
mesh_terms: D000488:Allied Health Personnel / Q000193:education*; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D004517:Education, Professional / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004521:Educational Measurement; D006801:Humans; D058025:Interdisciplinary Studies; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D017145:Models, Educational; D014481:United States