Abstract
InBetween was a pilot project to use the development of a patient pathway through the healthcare system to strengthen patient-centred, interprofessional collaboration skills for health professions students from medicine, nursing, physiotherapy, and occupational therapy. The program evaluation utilized ethnographic studies of interprofessional practice orientation in real learning contexts and investigated clinical supervisors’ practical competence profile in geriatrics. The evaluation framework was “multi-site ethnography” involving a mixed methods approach, including participant observations, interviews, videos, audio logbooks, and documents. Major findings of the evaluation were: (1) interprofessional collaboration improves patient-centred practice, (2) clinical supervisors’ profession sets the agenda for interprofessional conferences, and (3) professions’ preconceptions seem to be maintained by clinical supervisors. Discussion will focus on the continued refinement and dissemination of this model program in both educational and practice settings. Forces supporting and opposing its implementation in the Danish context will be explored.