title: Exploring the nature of interprofessional collaboration and family member involvement in an intensive care context.
abstract: Little is known about the nature of interprofessional collaboration on intensive care units (ICUs), despite its recognition as a key component of patient safety and quality improvement initiatives. This comparative ethnographic study addresses this gap in knowledge and explores the different factors that influence collaborative work in the ICU. It aims to develop an empirically grounded team diagnostic tool, and associated interventions to strengthen team-based care and patient family involvement. This iterative study is comprised of three phases: a scoping review, a multi-site ethnographic study in eight ICUs over 2 years; and the development of a diagnostic tool and associated interprofessional intervention-development. This study's multi-site design and the richness and breadth of its data maximize its potential to improve clinical outcomes through an enhanced understanding of interprofessional dynamics and how patient family members in ICU settings are best included in care processes. Our research dissemination strategy, as well as the diagnostic tool and associated educational interventions developed from this study will help transfer the study's findings to other settings.
authors.affiliation: Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences and Center for Innovation in Interprofessional Education, University of California , San Francisco , USA .
authors.forename: Elise
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Paradis
authors.forename: Scott
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Reeves
authors.forename: Myles
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authors.lastname: Leslie
authors.forename: Hanan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Aboumatar
authors.forename: Ben
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Chesluk
authors.forename: Philip
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Clark
authors.forename: Molly
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Courtenay
authors.forename: Linda
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authors.lastname: Franck
authors.forename: Gerri
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lamb
authors.forename: Audrey
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lyndon
authors.forename: Jessica
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mesman
authors.forename: Kathleen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Puntillo
authors.forename: Mattie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schmitt
authors.forename: Mary
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: van Soeren
authors.forename: Bob
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wachter
authors.forename: Merrick
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zwarenstein
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gropper
authors.forename: Simon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kitto
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units / Q000458:organization & administration*; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D061214:Patient Safety; D011368:Professional-Family Relations; D036301:Qualitative Research; D014481:United States