title: Current realities and future vision: Developing an interprofessional, integrated health care workforce.
abstract: This article shares findings from an interprofessional symposium that took place in Boston in the spring of 2015. Educators and practitioners from various disciplines shared challenges, successes, and ideas on best interprofessional collaboration (IPC) and curricula development. The findings include the importance of patient-and-family-centered care, which includes the patient and his/her family in the decision-making process; increased education regarding IPC in universities and major hospitals; and educational opportunities within health care systems.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Social Work , San Jose State University , San Jose , California , USA.
authors.forename: Nicole
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Dubus
authors.affiliation: b Department of Social Work , Wheelock College , Boston , Massachusetts , USA.
authors.forename: Heather
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Howard
mesh_terms: D001900:Boston; D055812:Community-Based Participatory Research; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003657:Decision Making; D019033:Delivery of Health Care, Integrated / Q000379:methods; D006282:Health Personnel; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D010348:Patient Care Team; D018802:Patient-Centered Care / Q000379:methods; D011368:Professional-Family Relations; D012947:Social Work / Q000193:education / Q000379:methods
keywords: Education; health care; interprofessional; social work