title: Interprofessional training for nursing and medical students in Norway: Exploring different professional perspectives.
abstract: This article presents an explorative case study focusing on interprofessional training for medical and nursing students in Norway. Based on interviews with, and observations of, multiple stakeholder groups--students, university faculty, and hospital staff--content analysis was applied to investigate their perspectives regarding the design of such educational training. The findings revealed a positive perspective amongst stakeholders while voicing some concerns related to how communication issues, collaboration, workflow, and professional role patterns should be reflected in such training. Based on our data analysis we derive three themes that must be considered for successful interprofessional training of nursing and medical students: clinical professionalism, team performance, and patient-centered perspective. These themes must be balanced contingent on the students' background and the learning objectives of future interprofessional training efforts.
authors.affiliation: a Health Department , University of Stavanger , Stavanger , Norway.
authors.forename: Ingunn
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Aase
authors.affiliation: a Health Department , University of Stavanger , Stavanger , Norway.|b Stavanger University Hospital , Stavanger , Norway.
authors.forename: Britt Sætre
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Hansen
authors.affiliation: a Health Department , University of Stavanger , Stavanger , Norway.
authors.forename: Karina
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Aase
authors.affiliation: c Centre for Research in Health & Social Care , Kingston University & St. George's, University of London , London , UK.
authors.forename: Scott
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Reeves
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D004501:Education, Medical / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004506:Education, Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D008297:Male; D009664:Norway; D010348:Patient Care Team; D013337:Students, Medical / Q000523:psychology*; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology*
keywords: Case study; Nordic context; interprofessional education; interprofessional teamwork; interprofessional training; qualitative methods