title: Interprofessional education: a theoretical orientation incorporating profession-centrism and social identity theory.
abstract: To improve health for our citizens our health work force must be team focused and collaboration ready. The theory of social identity is used to explain profession-centrism and ultimately inform our understanding of the challenges of developing and implementing interprofessional education curricula.
authors.affiliation: Co-Director of the UMB Center for Interprofessional Education and an Associate Professor at the School of Social Work at UMB.
authors.forename: Edward
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Pecukonis
mesh_terms: D003479:Curriculum; D014943:Global Health / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D012933:Social Identification