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An interprofessional consultation occurs when the patient’s treating physician requests the opinion and/or advice from a specialist practitioner without the patient making face-to-face contact with the specialist practitioner.

East Tennessee State University’s commitment to interprofessional education is strengthening and expanding with the recent creation of the ETSU Center for Interprofessional Collaboration.

Do the countries of the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region have the capacities to prevent and respond to antimicrobial resistance?

The importance of residential aged care facility (RACF)’s medical care is growing, driven by world-wide demographic trends in ageing populations. Despite this, there is a paucity of research into this care delivery from the perspective of those most involved. This study aimed to identify the enablers of and barriers to satisfactory RACF medical care by focusing on the general practitioner (GP) visit in the experience of residents, their family, registered nurses (RNs) and GPs. A multi-site cas...

Evidence-based guidelines (EBGs) for patients with head and neck cancer (HNC) recommend that nutritional care is delivered by an interprofessional team inclusive of dietitians, doctors, nurses, and speech pathologists. Barriers to collaboration exist within interprofessional teams. However, research on this is currently lacking in the HNC setting, particularly with regard to the provision of nutritional care. This study aimed to explore what facilitates collaborative nutritional care for patient...