The study examined the function of physicians between the medical and nonmedical sector of home- and community-based services in the ambulatory care of people with dementia and their relatives. Therefore, the study took a differentiated look at the status quo of physicians' activities regarding non-medical home- and community-based services as well as approaches for optimizing the current situation from the physicians' perspective. An explorative cross-sectional study was conducted using a standardized postal survey (based on a qualitative preliminary study with 6 physicians). Data from 177 GPs and specialists in Hamburg could be collected and analyzed with descriptive statistics. The majority of physicians (88.1%) inform their patients with dementia and their carers about home- and community-based services. 'Home care' presents the most often and 'services for carers' the least considered aspect. Approaches that address the optimization of information material are assessed as most supportive. The results can be used as a basis for further development of the care landscape in Hamburg. What has to be discussed is the monoperspective data collection only from physician's point of view. The utilization of the results requires an inclusion of the perspective of affected persons themselves as well as other actors in the non-medical care landscape.

Studies indicate positive effects of interprofessional collaboration on the quality of health care. Interprofessional academic education of health care professionals is crucial for successful cooperation, although Terizakis & Gehring (2014, p. 24) state «a genuine understanding of interprofessional teaching […] hasn't developed yet.» The undefined usage of terminology and coexisting interprofessional study programs are only one part of the problem. Further consented interprofessional learning concepts and systematic knowledge regarding competencies and teaching experiences are lacking. The WHO (2010, pp. 27 f) recommends lecturers to generate a common understanding of interprofessionality. At Hamburg University of Applied Sciences a part-time study program in interprofessional health care and management started in September 2015. It was designed as a continuing education program for occupational-, physio-, and speech therapists, nurses and midwives. As a preparation for the program focus group discussions with staff members of the department „Pfege & Management» were conducted. The aim was to investigate their understanding of interprofessionality, learning and teaching. The results indicated a contextual understanding of interprofessionality, although the usage of the terminology remains blurred. The tension of a congruent interprofessional learning concept is to enhance scientific reflection of disciplines, as well as strengthening interprofessional aspects. Regarding the change in demands of the health care system, interprofessional collaboration is seen as a major resource. The research gap on disciplinary orientations in terms of enhancing professional identity on the one and interprofessionality as innovative construct on the other hand has to be filled.

Zusammenfassung. Im Projekt MGMB wurde eine Beratung zu Medikamentenmanagement und Gesundheitsvorsorge von Menschen mit Lernschwierigkeiten entwickelt. Zur Erprobung dieser Beratung mussten Pflegeexpert_innen hinsichtlich einer aufsuchenden, neuen Versorgungsform befähigt werden. Die Konzipierung und Durchführung der Schulung wird im Artikel dargestellt.

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