On Collaboration and Interprofessional Education

Interprofessional education (IPE), according to experts, occurs when multiple professionals interact to learn from and about each other to nurture collaboration. IPE can do wonders for a professional environment as it not only helps to facilitates effective collaborations, but also helps to: develop respect; realize respective professional duties; manage conflicts; and develop leadership skills and ethical working practices.1 Years of research has shown that IPE helps to check professional biases, brings about the much needed change in attitudes within healthcare professionals and guides in interdisciplinary integration of expertise.2 With these notions in mind, there is no doubt on the effectiveness of IPE, and that is why there is so much of stress to develop the practice and training of IPE in order to foster collaborations and patient-centered care

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