Julia
Paxino,
BPT(Hons), PhD
Research Fellow, Collaborative Practice Centre, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences
University of Melbourne
Dr Julia Paxino is a researcher and educator who is committed to improving interprofessional communication and collaboration in healthcare. She has a background in physiotherapy and her clinical experience in interprofessional teams drives her passion for enhancing team dynamics and workplace learning. Dr Paxino holds a PhD in interprofessional communication and is skilled in qualitative and collaborative research. She has experience working as a research fellow in collaborative practice and health professions education.
Presenting at the Nexus Summit:
Effective interprofessional communication is essential for high-quality, safe, and coordinated care across all healthcare settings. This communication spans verbal and written exchanges, digital and analogue tools, and includes both synchronous and asynchronous interactions. Despite this complexity, current interprofessional education frequently centers on hospital-based, face-to-face scenarios, which do not reflect the distributed, episodic, and often layered communication that occurs in practice. As a result, a disconnect often exists between what students are taught and what they encounter…
Background:Healthcare students are entering increasingly complex clinical environments where interprofessional communication is critical to safe, effective, and equitable care. Yet interprofessional education (IPE) often focuses on structured, face-to-face, synchronous exchanges. This presents a disconnect from the realities of practice, where clinicians must navigate dynamic, asynchronous, and informal interactions across systems and settings.Aim:This study aimed to explore how interprofessional communication occurs in practice and identify educational responses that reflect its real-world…