GlossaryGuide

Etym. professional (n.) “one who does it for a living,” 1798, from professional (adj.).professional (adj.) 1747 of careers (especially of the skilled or learned trades from c. 1793). Related: profession.

Etym. education (n.) 1530s, “childrearing,” also “the training of animals,” from Middle French education (14c.) and directly from Latin educationem (nominative educatio) “a rearing, training,” noun of action from past participle stem of educare. Originally of instruction in social codes and manners; meaning “systematic schooling and training for work” is from 1610s.

Etym. training (n.) From 1540s as “discipline and instruction to develop powers or skills;” 1786 as “exercise to improve bodily vigor.”

Definition

• An educational environment where students from two or more professions learn about, from, and with each other to enable effective collaboration and improve health outcomes (World Health Organization Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Expert Panel, 2011).

• An initiative to secure learning, and promote gains through interprofessional collaboration in professional practice (Freeth, Hammick, Reeves, et al., 2008).

See also: INTERDISCPLINARY LEARNING