Capacity Building Approach to Interprofessional Practice: A Feasibility Study

Two of the challenges facing today's societies is the aging population and the health system facing mounting cost pressures. The importance of interprofessional collaboration (IPC) has increased over the years due to a coordination of care required for an aging population with more complex care needs. In practice, IPC is often demanding, and evident factors (e.g. hierarchy between professional groups, breakdown in communication, or prevailing culture of professional separation) make implementation of new care pathways challenging. Using a constructivist approach enabling to bridge the gap between research and practice, our aim is to test the feasibility of an innovative Capacity-Building 8-step program (CBIP) to enhance teamwork in a geriatric university hospital. Inspired by the Citizen Science approach, the program is based on a combination of an ethnographic approach and the cyclical process of participatory action research. By adapting to an institution's context, our approach provides a sustainable bottom-up framework for healthcare institutions to address their IPC challenges

• HES-SO - Haute école spécialisée de Suisse occidentale - Rectorat

• Hôpital Felix-Platter