title: [Learning together to work together: interprofessional education, a myth or reality?].
abstract: This article offers a review of the literature on interprofessional education (EIP), a form of education which brings together members of two or more professions in a joint training. In this course, participants gain knowledge through other professionals and about them. The goal of EIP is to improve collaboration between health professionals and the quality of patient care. The EIP is booming worldwide and seems for from a mere fad. This expansion can be explained by several factors: the increasing importance attributed to the quality of care and patient safety, care changes (aging population and increasing chronic diseases) and the shortage of health professionals. The expectations of the EIP are large, while the evidence supporting its effectiveness is being built.
authors.affiliation: Service de la Formation Continue de la Direction des Soins, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV), Lausanne, Suisse. Serge.Gallant@chuv.ch
authors.forename: Serge
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gallant
authors.forename: Mireille
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Clerc
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gachoud
authors.forename: Diane
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Morin
mesh_terms: D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D007858:Learning