title: A scoping review of interprofessional education within Canadian nursing literature.
abstract: The purpose of this scoping review is to examine the nature of the interprofessional education (IPE) discussion that the Canadian nursing profession is having within the Canadian peer-reviewed nursing literature. An electronic database search of CINAHL was conducted using a modified Arksey & O'Malley scoping review framework. Peer-reviewed, English-language articles published in Canadian nursing journals from January 1981 to February 2016 were retrieved. Articles were included if they discussed IPE, or described an educational activity that met our conceptual definition of IPE. A total of 88 articles were screened, and 11 articles were eligible for analysis. Analysis revealed that this body of literature does not seem to be purposefully engaging Canadian nurses in a critical discourse about the role of IPE. The majority of articles located were reflective or commentaries. At the time of this review, there was a paucity of theoretically informed empirical research articles on IPE in the nursing literature. While IPE may be viewed by some critical scholars as a means of shifting the control of healthcare delivery traditionally held by medicine to other professions, our results suggest that this may not be the case in the Canadian nursing profession.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Innovation in Medical Education, Faculty of Medicine , University of Ottawa , Ottawa , Ontario , Canada.
authors.forename: Rachel Elizabeth
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Grant
authors.affiliation: b Centre for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety, Faculty of Medicine , University of Toronto , Toronto , Ontario , Canada.
authors.forename: Joanne
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Goldman
authors.affiliation: c Daphne Cockwell School of Nursing, Faculty of Community Services , Ryerson University , Toronto , Ontario , Canada.
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: LeGrow
authors.affiliation: d School of Nursing , Dalhousie University, Halifax , Nova Scotia , Canada.
authors.forename: Kathleen M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: MacMillan
authors.affiliation: e School of Nursing , Western University , London , Ontario , Canada.
authors.forename: Mary
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: van Soeren
authors.affiliation: a Department of Innovation in Medical Education, Faculty of Medicine , University of Ottawa , Ottawa , Ontario , Canada.
authors.forename: Simon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kitto
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D009740:Nursing Staff; D010348:Patient Care Team
keywords: Interprofessional education; nursing education; professionalisation; scoping review methodology