Indigenous Professionals' Experiences of Interprofessional Collaboration in Health Contexts

This qualitative study explores Indigenous experiences of interprofessional collaboration in health settings within Saskatchewan. The study adopts a transformative phenomenological approach, using a critical theory perspective, to generate rich descriptions of the experiences of five Indigenous professionals in multidisciplinary practice. Data was collected through interviews with each participant and a reflective journal and field notes completed by the researcher. Study findings highlight Indigenous ways of knowing; multiple meanings of the term professional; dynamics of power and status; relationships required for collaboration; policy and program factors impacting collaboration; and the suggestions offered by study participants to create a way forward. This study contributes to current research by developing the essence of Indigenous understandings of interactional, organizational, and systemic environments that augment and impede interprofessional collaboration.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Social Work (MSW)

Level thesis:degree_level

Master's

Grantor dc:publisher

Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Regina

Year dc:date.issued

2016

Author dc:creator

• Clarke, Jennifer Kathleen

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Montgomery, H. Monty

Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember

• Chalmers, Darlene
• McKee, Nora

Language dc:language.iso

en

DOI

https://doi.org/10.82465/3805

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:uregina.scholaris.ca:10294/7717