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Interprofessional education in healthcare academic and professional training is renowned to improve collaborative culture. International studies showed the existence of obstacles to establishing interprofessional collaboration and the relevance of Nurses' role in the implementation process.

This study was conducted to explore interprofessional collaboration practice and education perceptions, opinions and awareness of healthcare professionals, such as academics, professional bodies representatives and multidisciplinary team managers.

A multi-method two-stage approach using: 1) explorative survey and 2) Delphi group technique. A survey questionnaire focusing on interprofessionality in practice and education was administered to a convenience group of students and academics from health degree courses of three universities. Delphi group panellists were selected from a list of experts …