title: Interprofessional competence: a qualitative exploration of social work and nursing students' experience.
abstract: Being a professional in today's health care system carries with it an expectation of becoming interprofessional. This study was designed to explore the perceived development of the participants' interprofessional competence through interprofessional seminars and collaborative community practice. Data were collected from social work and nursing undergraduates through two interprofessional seminar discussions, followed by focus group interviews after the completion of 2 weeks of practice experience. Study findings included: (a) role clarification and enhancement, (b) evolving role emphasis, (c) understanding the importance of and various communications in teamwork, and (d) being more responsive to the meaning of teamwork and the understanding of collaborative interdependence. Through interprofessional collaborative practice, students developed an insight into teamwork, where they witnessed the merits of collaboration and gained an understanding of each other's lack of holistic approach. In addition, not only the particular practice settings but also the role variations involved revealed various dimensions of interprofessional learning.
authors: Engle Angela
authors: EA
authors: Chan
authors: Winsome
authors: W
authors: Lam
authors: Syrine Kit-Sum
authors: SK
authors: Lam Yeung
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D008297:Male; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D036301:Qualitative Research; D012947:Social Work / Q000193:education*; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D055815:Young Adult