Affiliation:
1. QU Health, Qatar University, Doha 2713, Qatar
2. Iheed, D18 V0Y0 Dublin, Ireland
Abstract
Diabetes is a leading non-communicable disease with a huge and predictably increasing burden on individuals, societies and governments. Interprofessional education (IPE) aims to enhance healthcare providers’ competence and patient care by providing well-organised, coordinated interprofessional care (IPC) within teams of healthcare professionals of different disciplines. Interprofessional practices are crucial in diabetes care. However, evidence on the effect of diabetes-specific IPE on diabetes outcomes is limited. This study aims to survey and report recent findings on the impact of interprofessional approaches on the outcomes of diabetes management. A systematic search of PubMed and Google Scholar from 2008 was adopted to identify relevant studies. After screening for relevance, the studies used in this review were thematically analysed, and two main categories of the findings were isolated: the impact of IPE and IPC on enhanced care provision and on improved diabetes self-management. The results indicate that healthcare professionals and students and people with diabetes benefit from IPE/IPC to improve diabetes outcomes and quality of care. However, improving diabetes care is achieved when inhibitors are addressed to incorporate IPE in health professions curricula and to support IPC in clinical settings.
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