Collaborative Learning at the Boundaries: Hallmarks within a Rehabilitation Context

Abstract

The aim of the article is to shed light on how collaborative learning at the boundaries between professions plays out within a rehabilitation context. The study has an ethnographic design in the form of observation and interviews in two rehabilitation contexts. Findings showed that collaborative learning was stimulated when the professional groups made a concerted effort to acquire an overall perspective on the patient's situation and requested and disseminated context-dependent expressions and knowledge about how the patient functioned. The "training" of patients on the ward served as an abstract boundary object amongst the staff functioning as a unifying resource in collaboration. The study exemplifies the learning potential when boundaries between professions become more open in an overlapping collaboration. This enables awareness of one's own boundaries and of the fact that one had a wealth of shared knowledge. In addition, it entailed the learning of techniques and procedures from other professions, which augmented and developed one's own professional repertoire.

Students’ interprofessional workplace learning in clinical placement

“…In the group interviews, the students' reflections on their professional differences and complementary knowledge of the patient's need for care provided expanded perspectives on what and how their own and others' professional knowledge contributed to the patient's care (Jentoft, 2020). The notions of habilitation and rehabilitation was used to verbalise and express both similarities and differences in occupational and physiotherapy practices, and while acknowledging profession-specific knowledge they also opened up the boundaries between the professions (Christiansen, Taasen, Hagstrøm, Hansen & Norenberg, 2017).…”

The Premises Of Heterogeneity For Professional Training In Present And Future

“…That will give the basis for forming the trans-professionalism of the individual, as described by Zeer & Symaniuk http://dx.doi.org/10.15405/epsbs.2018.12.02.49 Corresponding Author: A.G. Kislov Selection and peer-review under responsibility of the Organizing Committee of the conference eISSN: 2357-1330 459 (2017), and even meta-professionalism (Shipunova & Safonova, 2014) as the platform for quick and painless re-orientation towards a new and demanded on the labor market activity (Petersen & Willig, 2004;Borgna, 2017;Ballarino & Panichella, 2018). It is remarkable that the approach is fruitful even in professional training of disabled people, who are also forced to look for new job opportunities in the labor market (Christiansen, Taasen, Hagstrøm, Hansen, & Norenberg, 2017).…”

Situating Boundary Work: Chronic Disease Prevention in Danish Hospitals

“…The establishing of inter-professional alliances, as well as demarcations, was an important element in the examined boundary work. In future research, collaborative learning will need more attention as well (see also Christiansen et al, 2017).…”