Interprofessional care of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus in primary care: family physicians' perspectives.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is a lack of understanding of the team processes and factors that influence teamwork and medication management practices in the care of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). The purpose of the study was to explore physicians' perspectives of barriers and facilitators to interprofessional care of patients with T2DM within team-based family practice settings.

Methods

This was a qualitative, descriptive study. Participants included physicians affiliated with a primary care network providing care to patients with T2DM in an interprofessional team-based primary care setting in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Participants' contact information was obtained from the publicly available College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta and respective primary care netw

SUBMITTER: Torti JMI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8990268 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature