The IPCP involves more than different health care providers who apply their unique skills and knowledge to managing a patient. Collaboration occurs when individuals have mutual respect for each other and their professions and are voluntary participants in an atmosphere of cooperation.25 It has been suggested that PICP is different from interdisciplinary, multidisciplinary, and transdisciplinary practice, all terms used in the recent past to refer to care provided by more than one health care provider for the benefit of a patient. 26-28 While these practices are indeed notable for their contributions to health care, the unit of study is a single patient and the model focuses on the health care provider(s), while the IPCP unit of study is often a community of patients and the model is focused on improving health outcomes. So when we look at the PCPI, we need to think about the bigger picture and the health of the population. Collaboration can be an important catalyst for positive advances in research, as it provides access to resources, enabling more complex and perhaps more meaningful investigations. Research that might not have been possible if it had been conducted by a single profession may be possible in collaboration with others.14 Resnick15 states, „While multidisciplinary research brings disciplines together, interdisciplinary research transcends disciplines and fosters the integration of ideas.“ It has been suggested that there is a correlation between collaborative research and prestige,16 increased publication success,8 and citability (i.e. the effect).17,18 As Frenken et al19 noted, „Research collaboration improves the quality of research, which means that papers with more authors are cited more frequently.“ Research results may have a better chance of being implemented if there are multiple professions that disseminate the results. This is especially important when the results can be applied directly to clinical practice. WHO researchers have found that health care workers who are team players are those who succeed in strict situations dealing with extremely complex issues.10 THE CPI relies on the voluntary integration of people with different talents, including those who are often not associated with health care, who can contribute to improving the health outcomes of the supervised group. In a collaborative environment, the contribution of economists, logisticians, computer scientists, technology experts and others can be critical to success. This perspective is common in public health, but foreign to most patient care environments.23 Collaboration at this level requires participants to collaborate with an open mind and appreciate what each team member brings to the team. Such collaboration is evident in a suggestive interprofessional oath proposed by Brown and colleagues:33 „We will work with others to provide care, recognize the unique abilities of each individual, and try to work together effectively within the healthcare team. This environment is perhaps best summed up by Hall, 34, when she says, „The collaborative practice environment needs to foster a baseline of status level between different team members. When discussing collaboration, key topics include putting the community or customer first, putting the organization second, putting yourself first, and putting bias aside.
The lack of primary care providers and the challenges of managing chronic and complex diseases such as musculoskeletal conditions are excellent opportunities for healthcare professionals to bring unique skills to collaborative environments. Times are changing, silos are falling, national health burdens are shared, and it will take much more than a single practitioner or paradigm to solve the serious health problems facing humanity today and in the future. By working together, we can work together for a better future. Trust is an important factor in research cooperation. The culture of science is traditionally mysterious. Scientists must compete for funding; Sharing new ideas can carry the risk that a financially viable project will be „stolen“ intentionally or unintentionally. Therefore, trust and respect for others in a collaboration is necessary to prevent the retention of ideas and help. Participation in collaborative research can also offer a financial benefit. There has been a movement of large funding agencies to reward and appreciate multidisciplinary collaborations.20 So, if helping humanity is not a sufficient motivator for cooperation, then better funding can be a motivating incentive. .