Interprofessional communication in the emergency department: residents' perceptions and implications for medical education.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Objectives of the current study were to: i) assess residents' perceptions of barriers and enablers of interprofessional (IP) communication based on experiences and observations in their clinical work environments, ii) investigate how residents were trained to work in IP collaborative practice, iii) collect residents' recommendations for training in IP communication to address current needs.

Methods

Focus group study including fourteen Emergency Medicine (EM) residents, who participated in four focus groups, facilitated by an independent moderator. Focus group interviews were audiotaped, transcribed verbatim, independently reviewed by the authors, and coded for emerging themes.

Results

Four themes of barriers and enablers to IP communication were identified:

SUBMITTER: Olde Bekkink M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6387781 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature