The Skills to Work Together: Strengthening Interprofessional Collaboration in Diabetic Foot Care

The Skills to Work Together: Strengthening Interprofessional Collaboration in Diabetic Foot Care

Health and Healthcare
Pages:15 pages7 min read

Author: The Conference Board of Canada

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The aim of this briefing is to bring attention to the skills and competencies for interprofessional teams providing diabetic foot ulcer care and limb preservation to patients living with diabetes.

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Canadians at risk of developing diabetic foot ulcers should have access to effective, affordable, timely, and culturally responsive care. No individual healthcare practitioner possesses all of the necessary skills to provide optimal diabetic foot care. Instead, healthcare practitioners must work in formal or informal interprofessional teams. Which skills do healthcare professionals in Canada need to bring to interprofessional foot care teams? What are the three types of necessary skill sets for interprofessional collaboration described in this briefing?

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Key findings
Toward integrated and patient-centered care
Effective collaboration requires softer skills
Collaboration for patient-centered care
Appendix A—Methodology
Appendix B—Bibliography

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