Collaborative competency in physiotherapy students: Implications for interprofessional education

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dc.contributor.authorManilall, Janine
dc.contributor.authorRowe, Michael
dc.date.accessioned2018-05-17T08:15:45Z
dc.date.available2018-05-17T08:15:45Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.description.abstractBACKGROUND. It has been suggested that improved collaborative competency in multidisciplinary teams may help understand how health professionals can address problems that no single-disciplinary expert can manage independently. OBJECTIVE. To describe the development of the ability to collaborate in a South African university physiotherapy department. METHODS. Focus group discussions and interviews were conducted with 3rd- and 4th-year physiotherapy students and lecturers, respectively. Participant responses were analysed thematically and evaluated against a self-developed framework that described the key and enabling competencies in collaboration. RESULTS. The study found that students and lecturers had a basic understanding of collaboration, but lacked a more comprehensive perspective. Students and lecturers suggested that group work had the potential to develop collaborative competency, but expressed concerns about task design and implementation. While interprofessional education was a required component of the curriculum, both students and lecturers questioned the value of the module as it related to collaboration. Finally, challenges to the development of collaborative competency in the clinical context were highlighted. CONCLUSION. The study found that the development of collaborative competency, while recognised as important for addressing complex health needs, had several challenges that need to be addressed in order to be effective. Recommendations are provided for curriculum developers.en_US
dc.description.accreditationDHET
dc.identifier.citationManilall, J. & Rowe, M. Collaborative competency in physiotherapy students: Implications for interprofessional education. African Journal of Health Professions Education, 8(2 Suppl 2): 217-221.en_US
dc.identifier.issn2078-5127
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.7196/AJHPE.2016.v8i2.841
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/3685
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.privacy.showsubmitterFALSE
dc.publisherHealth and Medical Publishing Groupen_US
dc.rightsThis open-access article is distributed under Creative Commons licence CC-BY-NC 4.0.
dc.status.ispeerreviewedTRUE
dc.subjectInterprofessional educationen_US
dc.subjectCollaborationen_US
dc.subjectPhysiotherapyen_US
dc.subjectMultidisciplinary teamsen_US
dc.subjectHealth professionalsen_US
dc.titleCollaborative competency in physiotherapy students: Implications for interprofessional educationen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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