First steps towards interprofessional health practice in Tanzania: An educational experiment in rural Bagamoyo district

Journal of Public Health Policy

Volumn 33, Issue SUPPL.1, 2012, Pages

  Leshabari, Sebalda ^a   Lubbock, Lindsey A ^b   Kaijage, Herbert ^c   Kalala, Willbrord ^c   Koehler, Gary ^b   Massawe, Siriel ^c   Muganyizi, Projestine ^c   MacFarlane, Sarah B ^b   O'Sullivan, Patricia S ^b  

^a MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MUHAS   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

district; interprofessional education; rural; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COOPERATION; EDUCATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; METHODOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; PUBLIC RELATIONS; RURAL HEALTH CARE; STANDARD; TANZANIA;

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; PILOT PROJECTS; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; TANZANIA;

EID: 84871410153     PISSN: 01975897     EISSN: 1745655X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jphp.2012.49     Document Type: Article

References (17)

1. United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs (2010). United Republic of Tanzania United Nations, http://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/country- profiles/country-profiles-1.htm, accessed 4 September 2012.
2. World Health Organization (2008). The Global Burden of Disease: 2004 Update.World Health Organization, http://www.who.int/healthinfo/global-burden- disease/en/index.html, accessed 2 September 2012.
3. Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Tanzania Mainland and Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Zanzibar, in collaboration with the World Health Organization. (2007) Tanzania Service Availability Mapping 2005-2006. Geneva: World Health Organization, http://whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/2007/ 9789241595957-eng.pdf, accessed 5 September 2012.
4. Ngassapa, O.D. et al (2012) Curricular transformation of health professions education in Tanzania: The process at Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (2008-2011). Journal of Public Health Policy 33(S1): S64-S91.
5. World Health Organization. (2010) Framework for action on interprofessional education and collaborative practice. Geneva: World Health Organization, http://whqlibdoc.who.int/hq/2010/WHO-HRH-HPN-10.3-eng.pdf, accessed 5 September 2012.
6. Interprofessional Education Collaborative Expert Panel. (2011) Core Competencies for Interprofessional Collaborative Practice: Report of an Expert Panel. Washington DC: Interprofessional Education Collaborative, http://www.aacn.nche.edu/education-resources/ipecreport.pdf, accessed 5 September 2012.
7. Interprofessional Care Steering Committee. (2007) Interprofessional Care: A Blueprint for Action in Ontario. Toronto: Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-term Care, http://www.healthforceontario.ca/upload/en/whatishfo/ ipc%20blueprint%20final.pdf, accessed 5 September 2012.
8. Barr,H. and Ross, F. (2006) Mainstreaming interprofessional education in the United Kingdom: A position paper. Journal of Interprofessional Care 20(2): 96-104.
9. Anderson, E.S. and Lennox, A. (2009) The Leicester model of interprofessional education: Developing, delivering and learning from student voices for 10 years. Journal of Interprofessional Care 23(6): 557-573.
10. Beattie, A. (1994) Healthy alliances or dangerous liaisons? The challenge of working together in health promotion. In: A. Leathard (ed.) Going Inter-Professional:Working Together for Health and Welfare. London: Routledge.
11. Barr, H., Hammick, M., Koppel, I. and Reeves, S. (1999) Evaluating interprofessional education: Two systematic reviews for health and social care. British Educational Research Journal 25(4): 533-544.
12. Charles, G., Bainbridge, L. and Gilbert, J. (2010) The University of British Columbia model of interprofessional education. Journal of Interprofessional Care 24(1): 9-18.
13. Bridges, D.R., Davidson, R.A., Odegard, P.S., Maki, I.V. and Tomkowiak, J. (2011) Interprofessional collaboration: Three best practice models of interprofessional education. Medical Education Online, 16:6035. DOI: 10.3402/meo.v16i0.6035.
14. Bolte, K., Bennett, P. and Moore, M. (2012) Enriching the rural clinical experience for undergraduate health science students: A short report on inter-professional education in Broken Hill. Australian Journal of Rural Health 20(1): 42-43.
15. McNair, R., Brown, R., Stone, N. and Sims, J. (2001) Rural interprofessional education: Promoting teamwork in primary health care education and practice. The Australian Journal of Rural Health 9(1): S19-S26.
16. Thistlethwaite, J. and Moran, M. (2010) Learning outcomes for interprofessional education (IPE): Literature review and synthesis. Journal of Interprofessional Care 24(5): 503-513.
17. Wamsley, M., et al (2012) The impact of an interprofessional standardized patient exercise on attitudes toward working in interprofessional teams. Journal of Interprofessional Care 26(1): 28-35.