Regulatory rules restricting which professionals may sign off students' skills objectives limit interprofessional mentoring opportunities¶
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q2 i? Mentors identified existing rules on professional boundaries, such as nurses not being permitted to sign off skills objectives for medical students, as restricting interprofessional clinical practice. → Juntunen 2025
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Juntunen 2025¶
Juntunen, J., Tuomikoski, A.‐M., Pramila‐Savukoski, S., Kaarlela, V., Keinänen, A.‐L., Kääriäinen, M., & Mikkonen, K. (2025). Healthcare professionals' experiences of required competencies in mentoring of interprofessional students in clinical practice: A systematic review of qualitative studies. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 81, 701–729. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.16347
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A participant illustration quoted in the review from Missen et al. (2012): "nurses are currently not permitted to sign off skills objectives for medical students," exemplifying boundary rules limiting interprofessional practice.
"Nurses are often buddied with [to supervise] a medical student. However, nurses are currently not permitted to sign off skills objectives for medical students."
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Related Claims¶
- Mentoring interprofessional students in clinical practice requires specific competencies that differ from profession-specific and individual mentoring — a broader claim this one bears on
- Preparing for and developing interprofessional clinical practice requires engaging all stakeholders, collaboration with managers and education providers, and solving administrative and logistical constraints — a broader claim this one bears on
- Mentors often feel unprepared and uncomfortable mentoring students from other professions — related
- Review synthesizes three competency areas: preparing/developing interprofessional practice, supporting the learning process, and creating an interprofessional mentor identity — a broader claim this one bears on
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