Health Research, Practice, and Education

Abstract

Interdisciplinary health science and interprofessional healthcare are distinct yet intertwined fields that are driven by a similar challenge: Complex health problems that are too broad or multifaceted to be solved through the logic of a single discipline. A few factors distinguish them from other interdisciplinary areas, however, including (1) their foci—cancer, diabetes, infectious disease and so forth—which are quite literally matters of life and death; and (2) that they are generally carried out by teams of collaborating specialists, so issues of interpersonal dynamics, negotiation, and collaborative learning are especially important. “Health Research, Practice and Education” defines and critically reviews the two fields. More specifically, it compares their differing approaches to a number of emerging issues: stakeholder engagement and transdisciplinarity, the complexity of human health, the development of more sophisticated theories of collaboration and teamwork, practical conditions that support collaboration and teamwork, and finally, issues of evaluation and measurement.

Resolving the tension between feminism and evolutionary psychology: An epistemological critique.

“…The examples described in the previous section underscore the need for interdisciplinary research involving women and the benefit of increased diversity afforded to those assuming a complexity perspective (McMurtry, Rohse, & Kilgour, 2016). Complexity theorists describe diversity as integral to the functioning and resilience of complex systems (Heylighen, Cilliers, & Gershenson, 2006), as well as a key driver of "collective intelligence," creativity, and ingenuity (McMurtry, 2008).…”

Researching Ageing

“…In the fields of health science and care -related to ageing and gerontology but more general in scope -there has been a push in the past few decades to integrate both research and practice perspectives, as well as to pursue interdisciplinarity in collaborative teamssince one person rarely comprehends all the knowledge necessary to solve complex problems (McMurtry, Kilgour and Rohse, 2017;Stokols et al, 2008).…”

“…Growing interest in the role of older people in social research requires a detailed analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of different age groups as researchers, with no party playing servant to the other. (2005: S126) In recent years, there has been a call for transdisciplinary approaches to research from a wide variety of fields, from philosophy to healthcare and sustainability (td-net, 2019;McMurtry, Kilgour and Rohse, 2017). Within the areas of ageing and gerontology specifically, a small number of thinkers have begun to articulate the need for transdisciplinary and similar approaches (Biggs, 2005;Proctor, 2001;Sasser, 2017).…”

Interdisciplinary Collaborations in Digital Health Research: Mixed Methods Case Study

“…Therefore, the (TTS) available research results proved to be particularly relevant to the results presented in this paper. For completeness, reference should be made to the field of Interprofessional Health Practice and Education [ 13 ], which focuses on interprofessional cooperation in medical care.…”

“…Publications available to date have identified the relevant factors that influence the success of interdisciplinary cooperation in the individuals involved, in the interaction within the team , and in the conditions for interdisciplinary research within the involved organizations [ 11 , 13 , 18 ].…”