This paper is concerned with exploring the relationship between perceptions of professional
identities, interprofessional education (IPE) and collaborative practice. It seeks to introduce …

Interprofessional education (IPE) involves students from different professions being brought
together to learn about each other's profession. Several models of IPE exist, and central to …

Effective interprofessional working, which is widely considered as essential to high-quality
health care, is influenced by the attitudes of health care professionals towards their own and …

Integrated care has been identified as being fundamental to health and social care reforms.
How this interprofessional working impacts on professional identity is unclear. There is a …

The stated goals–and therefore manifest functions–of Interprofessional Education (IPE) are
to bring students of various health professions together to cultivate mutual understanding …

An expectation of introductory interprofessional education (IPE) is improvement in attitudes
towards other professions. However, the theory surrounding professional identity formation …

Interprofessional identity (IPI) development is considered essential in reducing
incongruency and improving interprofessional collaboration. However, noticeable …

The strength of health science students' identification with their chosen profession is
associated with their attitudes towards interprofessional education (IPE). However, little is …

During a longitudinal evaluation of a pre-qualifying interprofessional curriculum, health and
social care students completed questionnaires concerning communication and teamwork …

Introduction: Reports on the development of professional identity and socialisation in the
healthcare professions are mainly from medicine and nursing, although the body of work …