interprofessional

Between different professions

Interprofessional describes collaboration between members of different professions, especially in healthcare settings where doctors, nurses, pharmacists, and therapists work together on patient care: interprofessional education, interprofessional teams.

The term emphasizes cooperation across professional boundaries rather than within a single discipline.

collaboration

multidisciplinary

Involving several academic fields

cooperation · coordination · integrated · joint · interdisciplinary · communication · shared · consultation · referral · handoff

education

curriculum

Educational program's content plan

practicum · workshop · seminar · accreditation · pedagogy · didactic · learning · teaching · faculty · students

healthcare

patient-centered

Prioritizing individual care needs

palliative · geriatric · pediatric · psychiatric · oncology · rehabilitation · hospice · rounds · pharmacy · nursing

Opposites
professional scope/collaboration

interprofessionalsiloed

Kept apart, uncommunicating

discipline-specific · insular · specialized · isolated · solo practice

disciplinary integration

interprofessionaldiscipline-specific

Unique to a field

field-specific · compartmentalized · narrow · specialized

nature of boundaries

interprofessionalsiloed

Kept apart, uncommunicating

compartmentalized · segregated · territorial · isolated · exclusive

Family

inter, professional, profession, profess, professor, professorial, professionally, unprofessional, professionalism

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