The ''Journal of Interprofessional Care'' is a bimonthly
peer-reviewed
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medical journal
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History
The first ...
that covers education, practice, and research in
health and social care. The journal was established in 1986 as ''Holistic Medicine'' and took its current name in 1992.
It is published by
Taylor & Francis
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and the
editor-in-chief
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is Dr Andreas Xyrichis (
King's College London
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). The ''Journal of Interprofessional Care'' is supported by an international editorial board.
Aims and scope
The ''Journal of Interprofessional Care'' aims to disseminate research and new developments in the field of interprofessional education and practice. We welcome contributions containing an explicit interprofessional focus, and involving a range of settings, professions, and fields. Areas of practice covered include primary, community and hospital care, health education and public health, and beyond health and social care into fields such as criminal justice and primary/elementary education. Papers introducing additional interprofessional views, for example, from a community development or environmental design perspective, are welcome.
The Journal publishes the following types of manuscripts:
1. Peer-reviewed Original Articles (research studies, systematic/analytical reviews, theoretical papers) that focus on interprofessional education and/or practice, and add to the conceptual, empirical or theoretical knowledge of the interprofessional field.
2. Peer-reviewed Short Reports that describe research plans, studies in progress or recently completed, or an interprofessional innovation.
3. Peer-reviewed Interprofessional Education and Practice (IPEP) Guides that offer practical advice on successfully undertaking various interprofessional activities.
4. Guest Editorials that discuss a salient issue related to interprofessional education and practice.
5. Book and Report Reviews that offer summaries of recently published books and reports (published on the Journal's Blog).
Subjects covered
Allied Health; Community Health; Community Social Work; Health Education and Promotion; Health and Social Care; Public Health Policy and Practice; Social Work and Social Policy
Abstracting & indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed in:
2016 Journal Citation Reports Ranks ''Journal of Interprofessional Care'' 22nd out of 77 journals in Health Care Sciences & Services (S) and 36th out of 74 journals in the Health Policy & Services (Ss) with a 2016 Impact Factor of 2.205
See also
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Health human resources
Health human resources (HHR) – also known as human resources for health (HRH) or health workforce – is defined as "all people engaged in actions whose primary intent is to enhance positive health outcomes", according to World Health Organizati ...
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Interprofessional education
Interprofessional education (also known as inter-professional education or "IPE") refers to occasions when students from two or more professions in health and social care learn together during all or part of their professional training with the obj ...
in health care
References
External links
*{{official, https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/ijic20/current
JIC Blog
Healthcare journals
Academic journals established in 1986
Bimonthly journals
Taylor & Francis academic journals
English-language journals