Development of a toolkit to improve interprofessional collaboration and integration in primary care using qualitative interviews and co-design workshops.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite numerous attempts to improve interprofessional collaboration and integration (IPCI) in primary care, patients, care providers, researchers, and governments are still looking for tools and guidance to do this more efficiently. To address these issues, we decided to develop a generic toolkit, based on sociocracy and psychological safety principles, to guide care providers in their collaboration within and outside their practice. Finally, we reasoned that, in order to obtain integrated primary care, different strategies should be combined.

Methods

Development of the toolkit consisted of a multiyear co-development process. Data originating from 65 care providers, through 13 in-depth interviews and five focus groups were analysed and subsequently evaluated in e

SUBMITTER: Sirimsi MM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10149845 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature