“…This approach is affecting the range of professional groups in GIM, and healthcare more broadly, as they defend or adapt their professional boundaries and roles to these demands (Correia, 2013;Harvey, Thompson, Pearson, Willis, & Toffoli, 2017;Henderson, Willis, Toffoli, Hamilton, & Blackman, 2016;Newman & Lawler, 2009;Reeves, Nelson, & Zwarenstein, 2008;Shannon & French, 2005). For example, social workers, pharmacists, occupational therapists and physiotherapists in GIM units have experienced changes in their roles in the healthcare division of labour with greater emphasis on discharge-related responsibilities (Galati, Wong, Morra, & Wu, 2011;Goldman et al, 2016;Neeman et al, 2017). Physicians in these settings have pressures to prioritize their decision-making around patient flow with an increasing emphasis on the value of teaching residents about safe discharge (Greysen, Schiliro, Horwitz, Curry, & Bradley, 2012;Schoenborn & Christmas, 2013).…”