Development of an interprofessional and interdisciplinary collaborative research practice for clinical faculty

Abstract

This article describes an interprofessional collaborative research practice fellowship designed to foster the research skills of clinical faculty. The year-long fellowship was grounded in big data analysis and the triangle of informatics—knowledge, information, and data. Fellows were selected to include diverse perspectives, training, and knowledge but had limited experience in team science or being a member of an interprofessional research team. The underlying philosophy of the fellowship was experiential learning. Protected time and formal mentorship were necessary factors for developing the interprofessional research practice and the skills to participate in an interprofessional research team. We believe that this innovative interprofessional faculty research fellowship is a viable option for supporting scholarly activity and research collaboration. The findings could inform interprofessional clinical practice and be implemented for patient care. Engagement in interprofessional collaborative research and incorporation of the perspectives, knowledge and expertise of multiple professions, is a model to de silo knowledge creation.

Doing interprofessional research in the COVID-19 era: a discussion paper

“…IPE can showcase teaching innovation through tailoring instructional designs for developing IPE competencies through remote means (Evans et al, 2019). In practice, interprofessional research has the potential to provide evidence-based practice guidelines on how to facilitate interprofessional collaborative practice and improved health outcomes in times of emerging health issues such as epidemics and pandemics from the individual, community, and population levels (Hager et al, 2016;Paradis & Reeves, 2013;World Health Organization [WHO], 2010).…”

Driving Medical Innovation Through Interdisciplinarity: Unique Opportunities and Challenges

“…A more structured approach is the formation of multidisciplinary translational teams (MTT) as a training and mentoring approach focusing on translational innovation by research capacity building, interprofessional integration, and team-based mentoring approaches. This methodology enhances the development of translational research competencies and productivity in terms of collaborative publications (25, 26). Another innovative structured approach is industry-based studentships, as recommended by the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences (CAHS) after an in-depth assessment of interdisciplinary health research (27).…”

Fostering interdisciplinary collaboration: A longitudinal social network analysis of the NIH mHealth Training Institutes

“…4 Given the importance of interdisciplinarity in tackling complex scientific challenges, such as those related to translational science, various initiatives have emerged to foster interdisciplinary thinking by intentionally bringing researchers from different disciplines together to collaborate. [5][6][7][8][9][10][11] Much evidence-based guidance has emerged regarding how to successfully facilitate interdisciplinary thinking and collaboration for such initiatives. 3,[12][13][14] In this study, we evaluated the mHealth Training Institutes (mHTI), one such program designed to develop scientists capable of engaging in and spearheading interdisciplinary efforts to develop effective mobile health (mHealth) solutions.…”