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Caring Moments Within An Interprofessional Healthcare Team: Children And Adolescent Perspectives, Amélia Didier, David Gachoud, Gabriela Von Niederhäusern, Lazare Benaroyo, Maya Zumstein-Shaha

Patient Experience Journal

Patients are now recognized as key partners to improve healthcare outcomes. Some organisations such as the WHO or the Canadian Interprofessional Health Collaborative (CIHC) encourage considering patients as partners in the interprofessional healthcare team. However, limited knowledge exists on patients’ perspective of interprofessional collaboration (IPC) and of their role in the collaborative process, particularly in pediatric settings. The experiences and perspectives of patients regarding IPC have to be considered in order to fully understand the concept of IPC and integrate it into practice. This qualitative study aimed at gaining a better understanding of the perspective of children of IPC, how …