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Interdisciplinary Health Professional Education: A Historical Review

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A historical review was conducted to examine the advances made, nationally and internationally, in interdisciplinary health professional education since the mid-1960s. One hundred and nineteen articles were reviewed and divided by decade into the following subheadings: models, courses, communication/group process issues, and international perspectives. Twenty-seven articles, categorized as models, defined the conceptual field, described curriculum and program development, or provided a framework for evaluation.Thirty-two articles dealt with interdisciplinary courses, focusing on objectives, content areas, or innovative methods. Nine articles contributed contenton interdisciplinary communication and group process issues, from which guidelines were abstracted. Fifty-one articles contributed an international perspective, leading to the recognition that interdisciplinary health professional education, practice, and research is a global movement.

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    M.A. Lavin, I. Ruebling, R. Banks, L. Block, M. Counte, G. Furman, P. Miller, C. Reese, V. Viehmann & J. Holt

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Lavin, M., Ruebling, I., Banks, R. et al. Interdisciplinary Health Professional Education: A Historical Review. Adv Health Sci Educ Theory Pract 6, 25–47 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1009875017951

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