ChatMedical silos historically trained doctors, nurses, and pharmacists in isolation, leading to preventable clinical communication errors; interprofessional education (IPE) integrates cross-disciplinary teamwork and role clarity into clinical training.
In traditional healthcare education, medical students, nursing candidates, and pharmacy trainees were educated in rigid professional silos, meeting for the first time in high-pressure emergency rooms and surgical suites.
This fragmented training culture bred hierarchical barriers, misaligned communication, and diagnostic handoff errors that medical error studies identify as leading causes of preventable patient harm.
This comprehensive scoping review analyzes global interprofessional education (IPE) curricula, identifying shared competency frameworks centered on role clarification, interprofessional communication, conflict resolution, and shared patient-centered care plans.
Institutionalizing collaborative clinical simulations and cross-disciplinary team training bridges medical faculties, fostering a cooperative hospital culture that directly improves patient safety, reduces readmission rates, and mitigates clinician burnout.
A scoping review of interprofessional education in healthcare: evaluating competency development, educational outcomes and challenges
Background Interprofessional education (IPE) is essential in healthcare to enhance collaboration, communication and teamwork among health professions education students. This review aimed to map out the core competencies health professions education students develop during IPE and identify the positive and negative educational outcomes. Methods A comprehensive search strategy was developed and reported in accordance with the PRISMA ScR guidelines. The search was conducted across five electronic databases (Medline, Scopus, Web of Science, PsycINFO and EBSCO) for peer-reviewed articles published in English within the last 20 years. Data was extracted and core competencies were categorised into four defined areas—roles and responsibilities; interprofessional communication; values for interprofessional practice; teams and teamwork. The frequency of occurrence of each core competency, along with the positive and negative outcomes of IPE were analysed. Mixed methods analysis was used to integrate both qualitative and quantitative data. Results Team and teamwork emerged as the most frequently attained core competency in IPE. The positive impacts of IPE include significant improvements in role clarity, communication skills, and teamwork dynamics. However, negative impacts were also noted, such as logistical challenges and interpersonal issues like power dynamics and communication barriers, which impeded the personal professional growth and professional interactional skill-related benefits of IPE. Additionally, some participants reported feeling overwhelmed by the extra workload required for IPE activities. Conclusion IPE is a valuable component of health professions education, significantly contributing to the development of core competencies necessary for interprofessional collaborative practice. Addressing the challenges and implementing best practices can further enhance the effectiveness of IPE programs, ultimately improving healthcare outcomes. The implications for practice, training of healthcare students and future research are discussed. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12909-025-06969-3.
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