Monday, October 02, 2006

Sustainability & barriers

...institutions operate in bureocratic ways that do not foster interdisciplinary cooperation-seen as essential to addressing community needs

...institutions were compartmentalized, political, and fragmented

...whatever the desired outcome of multidisciplinary education and community-based initiatives, it is unclear whether the element of teaming is sustained after external funding has ended and, if so, what features contribute to sustainability


-this last point is important if we want to research about the sustainability of CIPEL after the funding is finished (in five years)
-this raises the lack of clarity regarding what can make somethin sustainable

-the previous points are relevant because we have to find out what makes a multidisciplinary initiative to struggle.

Lessons learned from implementing multidisciplinary health professions educations models in community settings

Harris, D.L; Henry, R.C; Bland, C.J; Starnaman, S.M; Voytek, K.L

Journal of interprofessional care Vol 17, N 1, 2003

page 9

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