Abstract
An Innovative, Arts-Based Approach to Interprofessional Education
Highlights
Obesity is a complex and challenging issue in modern society, and there is a strong imperative to improve capacity within the health system to support individuals with obesity and associated conditions (Dietz et al, 2015)
The purpose of this article is to provide a description of an innovative approach to interprofessional education within a weight management workshop and discuss its implications for collaborative practice concerning complex biological and social health conditions
That we [health professionals] automatically go to weight and weight loss...”. Those attendees with limited to no experience in the field, or having only theoretical or foundational understanding of the issue of weight management, had difficulty engaging in a collaborative manner with the activities and discussion and we considered that this may have negatively impacted their learning in this format and the type of discourse that took place during the debrief
Summary
Obesity is a complex and challenging issue in modern society, and there is a strong imperative to improve capacity within the health system to support individuals with obesity and associated conditions (Dietz et al, 2015). Theatrical productions based on qualitative research findings are grounded in real life scenarios, encompassing verbatim quotes and embodying recurrent themes that represent a personified and vital piece that health care professionals can empathize with (Gray, Fitch, Labrecque, & Greenberg, 2003). These productions enable the audience to better appreciate the experience of the person that is living with the health-related condition or challenge (Gray et al, 2000; Rosenbaum, Ferguson, & Herwaldt, 2005; Shapiro & Hunt, 2003)
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