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A group of public health and primary care professionals discussing what should be included in a curriculum to develop competencies that would be helpful in an education program targeted at the inter-sectoral public health – primary care collaborative processes:
« Students need to understanding the importance of valuing everyone’s contribution. That is, understanding the contribution of professionals working in public health, primary care, and community care – understanding that everyone is a valued partner. »
« I agree and I also think that understanding the concept of group processes and team dynamics to support effective inter-sectoral professional collaboration is an important lesson for students. »
« I believe that the students need to understand what role clarification means – this means that it includes that practitioners understand their own role and the roles of those in other professions. »
« For me, students need to understand what is meant by collaborative leadership – that it is responsible leadership which is responsive at the inter-sectoral, professional level and how this should work. »
« Well, we should anticipate everything in a collaboration including things that could go awry. So, understanding conflict resolution – we need to have well-developed strategies when conflicts and disagreements arise in a collaboration. Students need to learn these skills too. »