The World Health Organization has recently added Interprofessional Education (IPE) to its global health agenda recognizing it as a necessary component of all health professionals' education. We suggest mandatory interprofessional shadowing experiences as a mechanism to be used by chiropractic institutions to address this agenda. IPE initiatives of other professions (pharmacy and medicine) are described along with chiropractic. This relative comparison of professions local to our jurisdiction in Ontario, Canada is made so that the chiropractic profession may take note that they are behind other health care providers in implementing IPE. Interprofessional shadowing experiences would likely take place in a multi-disciplinary clinical setting. We offer an example of how two separate professions within a Family Health Team (FHT) can work together in such a setting to enhance both student learning and patient care. For adult learners, using interprofessional shadowing experiences with learner-derived and active objectives across diverse health professional groups may help to improve the educational experience. Mandatory interprofessional shadowing experiences for chiropractors during their training can enhance future collaborative practice and provide success in reaching a goal common to each profession - improved patient care.

John J Riva

Jessica MS Lam

Elizabeth C Stanford

Ainsley E Moore

Andrea R Endicott

Iris E Krawchenko

Chiropractic & Osteopathy

Chiropractic and Osteopathy

Interprofessional education through shadowing experiences in multi-disciplinary clinical settings

多学科临床环境中通过见习体验的跨专业教育

Interprofessional education through shadowing experiences in multi-disciplinary clinical settings

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