Interprofessional education on complex patients in nursing homes: a focus group study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

An ageing population leads up to increasing multi-morbidity and polypharmacy. This demands a comprehensive and interprofessional approach in meeting patients' complex needs. This study describes graduate students' experiences of working practice based in interprofessional teams with complex patients' care needs in nursing homes.

Method

Students from advanced geriatric nursing, clinical nutrition, dentistry, medicine and pharmacy at the University of Oslo in Norway were assigned to groups to examine and develop a care plan for a nursing home patient during a course. Focus groups were used, 21 graduate students participating in four groups. Data were collected during spring 2018, were inductively analysed according to a thematic analysis method (Systematic Text Cond

SUBMITTER: Svensberg K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8464088 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature