The aim of this study was to investigate the interprofessional socialisation experiences of health professional educators (HPEs) across five health science faculties in Perth, Australia. Evidence supported the importance of educators teaching and learning together, although there was minimal evidence with regard to the type of support HPEs received or required in order to socialise interprofessionally within higher education. Interview participants comprised 26 HPEs from various health-related professions across Western Australia. An interpretive phenomenological framework was used to discover the phenomena of interprofessional socialisation. The examination of the data was undertaken via qualitative content analysis with the aid of NVivo 10 software. Content coding led to the development of categories, sub-categories, and then themes. Five themes were identified; however, only one of these themes, "interprofessional socialisation strategies within higher education," is explored within this article. Based on the data within this theme, 12 possible socialisation strategies (formal and informal) were identified for HPEs, which could be implemented within health science faculties, taking into account the organisation's culture and strategic intent towards interprofessional collaboration and education.
This article reviews the treatment given to state and local fiscal policy by modern business climate studies and contrasts it with research findings. Empirical evidence on the impact of tax differentials on economic growth has undergone major changes in recent years. Tax rates, when observed in isolation, are now widely believed to have a negative impact on state and local economic growth. This shift in consensus lends support to the major business climate studies that assign a prominent role to taxes. Unfortunately, most current business climate studies are too simplistic to provide a useful guide for economic development policy. In particular, the tax variables used in the studies are overly aggregative and government expenditures are virtually ignored. By contrast, recent empirical research that examines both sides of the budget and utilizes econometric analysis provides information that has the potential to enhance the efficiency and flexibility of economic development strategy.
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