Development of Care and Professional Identity in an Interprofessional Health Team: Graduation, Residency and Professional Practice as a Window of Opportunity

Abstract

This integrative review analyzes aspects of professional identity (PI) and its relationship with teamwork, with patient care and safety, in multidisciplinary health teams; from graduation, residency and professional performance. Twenty-two papers were studied, over a period of five years, from the Embase, Scopus and Web of Science databases, classified into eleven professional categories, resulting in six papers with undergraduate students, five with undergraduates in professional internships, and eleven with health professionals, including residents. The construction process of the PI of residents and professionals who work in the hospital environment was analyzed, noting that, for the medical profession, it is necessary to change the paradigm regarding PI and teamwork, while for the other professionals it is that It is necessary to develop the PI process from graduation onwards, as an important factor in the work environment, for the management of conflicts between members of the health teams.