Mapping Collective Sensemaking in Communication: The Interprofessional Patient Case Review in Acute Care Rounds

Abstract

INTRODUCTION Observational studies of the actual practices of interprofessional collaborative practice (ICP) are needed to complement research on the determinants and consequences of collaboration. This naturalistic study of team communication maps a key practice: the patient case review in daily rounds. Here, ICP is conceptualized as collective sensemaking, or the joint description of the patient's situation and associated action planning-a fundamentally communicative practice.