Transitioning from Multidisciplinary to Interdisciplinary Education in Gerontology and Geriatrics

Skinner, John H.

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“…20,21 This is particularly salient in psychosocial palliative care where so many professionals are ''staking a claim.'' The aim of this hypothesis generating study, therefore, was to explore team members' perceptions and experiences of team dynamics in psychosocial palliative care.…”

Section: Psychosocial Carementioning

confidence: 99%

Exploring the Dynamics of Interdisciplinary Palliative Care Teams in Providing Psychosocial Care: “Everybody Thinks that Everybody Can Do It and They Can't”

O’Connor

Fisher

2011

Journal of Palliative Medicine

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Two major themes emerged from our research: "Lack of clear role boundaries" and "Strategies for maintenance of role boundaries," which included: "Claiming access to specialist expertise and knowledge" and "Minimizing the knowledge of other professions and professionals." It is argued that effective team functioning can be enhanced through the development of interdisciplinary team training programs and policies, resources and structures that provide support for the interdisciplinary team model.

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Section: Psychosocial Carementioning

confidence: 99%

Exploring the Dynamics of Interdisciplinary Palliative Care Teams in Providing Psychosocial Care: “Everybody Thinks that Everybody Can Do It and They Can't”

O’Connor

Fisher

2011

Journal of Palliative Medicine

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“…Specifically, social work leadership may have importance for team pain palliation. It has been suggested that leadership and structure of IDTs can be improved with protected work time and training (Holmes, Fairchild, Hyer, & Fulmer, 2002;Petri, 2010;Skinner, 2001). Hospice social workers should have a foundation in pain treatment (the social work participants in this study did not).…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 92%

Interdisciplinary Hospice Team Processes and Multidimensional Pain: A Qualitative Study

Day

2012

Journal of Social Work in End-Of-Life & Palliative Care

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Hospice teams may address multidimensional pain through the synergistic interaction of team members from various professional disciplines during regularly scheduled team meetings. However, the occurrence of that critical exchange has not been adequately described or documented. The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore two processes in team pain palliation: communication and collaboration. Data were gathered through individual interviews and a 1-year observation of team members from two hospices (physicians, nurses, aides, chaplains, social workers). Utilizing constant comparison, 14 final thematic categories were discovered. Use of biopsychosocial/spiritual terms by all team members meant that the team had the common language needed to communicate about multidimensional pain. Interviews and observation revealed a gap in translating multidisciplinary communication in team meetings into collaborative acts for pain treatment. In addition, structural influences inhibited creativity in pain palliation. There was no mutual understanding of the purpose for team meetings, no recognition of the need to reflect on team process, or common definition of leadership. Social work roles in hospice should include leadership that moves teams toward interdisciplinary care for multidimensional pain.

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“…The problems of older persons are becoming more complex, and no single discipline is equipped with all of the knowledge and skills that are needed to deal with them. In addition to the multidisciplinary approach, interdisciplinary teamwork could be a cost-effective and cost-efficient alternative to solving these problems (Goins, Gainor, Pollard, & Spencer, 2003;Richardson, Montemuro, Mohide, Cripps, & Macpherson, 1999;Skinner, 2001). Health and social care practitioners would be more competent in tackling the problems of older persons if instructional programs strengthened the practice competencies that are fundamental to most of the disciplines concerned.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Evaluating the Curricula for Entry-Level Care Professionals in Aging-Related Fields

2007

Educational Gerontology

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The rapidly growing older population has generated the need for more gerontological or geriatric care professionals. This study evaluated the undergraduate programs offered by the departments of medicine, nursing studies and social work at a university in Hong Kong, based on the data of a recent alumni survey. It also identified factors that determine the perceived adequacy of training. The training was found to be moderately adequate in preparing the alumni for practice in the field of aging, but there is a need to improve the existing curricula. Suggestions for further studies are discussed.

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Transitioning from Multidisciplinary to Interdisciplinary Education in Gerontology and Geriatrics

Cited by 18 publications

References 2 publications

Exploring the Dynamics of Interdisciplinary Palliative Care Teams in Providing Psychosocial Care: “Everybody Thinks that Everybody Can Do It and They Can't”

Exploring the Dynamics of Interdisciplinary Palliative Care Teams in Providing Psychosocial Care: “Everybody Thinks that Everybody Can Do It and They Can't”

Interdisciplinary Hospice Team Processes and Multidimensional Pain: A Qualitative Study

Evaluating the Curricula for Entry-Level Care Professionals in Aging-Related Fields

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