Dynamics in interprofessional learning: a focussed ethnographic study in a student-run dental clinic.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Healthcare professionals, including oral healthcare professionals, increasingly collaborate across disciplines to address complex healthcare needs. New Dutch legislation is reshaping tasks, roles, and responsibilities, necessitating changes in collaboration between dental hygienists and dentists. Workplace-based interprofessional education (IPE) is crucial for preparing students for evolving practice. Research on IPE mechanisms in oral healthcare is scarce. This ethnographic study explores mechanisms promoting and hindering workplace-based IPE, focusing on collaborative behaviour and interprofessional learning among students in a student-run dental clinic (SRDC).

Method

We conducted a focused ethnography with third- and fourth-year Bachelor's dental hygiene studen

SUBMITTER: Kersbergen MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12831374 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature