INPROF : promoting teamwork processes and interprofessional collaboration in emergency work (2010–2012)
Collin, K., Paloniemi, S., & Herranen, S. (2015). INPROF : promoting teamwork processes and interprofessional collaboration in emergency work (2010–2012). Studies in Continuing Education, 37(2), 142-156. https://doi.org/10.1080/0158037X.2014.997199
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This paper summarises the findings of a research project on interprofessional collaboration in the
emergency unit of a major Finnish hospital. The findings are discussed through a broad conceptual
framework which involves work process knowledge and interprofessional collaboration. The
project, carried out from 2010–2012, investigated different forms of, prerequisites for, and barriers
to, collaboration, and the aim was to develop the work together with staff at the unit. An
ethnographically informed research strategy was utilised, with observations and interviews as the
main data collection methods. On the whole, collaboration in the emergency unit was found to
function rather well; i.e. patients receive good-quality treatment within the ideal time frame. We
found that in the unit, the most suitable form for the majority of collaborations is multi-professional
collaboration, in which professionals exchange information but still adhere strongly to their own
professional groups. More interprofessional collaboration is required particularly in leadership and
management, to create further improvements in i) the coordination of work as a whole, and ii) the
implementation of organisational changes and new professional roles. Obstacles to interprofessional
collaboration in particular appear to be: i) diverging professional values and core professional
identities, and ii) power relations that create inequality.
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