Table 1

Interprofessional competency in Japan: competency domains and statements

Competency domainsStatements
Core domains
Patient centred/client centred/family centred/community centredCollaborative professionals can focus on important issues in which patients, clients, families and communities are interested and share goals in order to improve healthcare services for patients, clients, families and communities.
Interprofessional communicationProfessionals respect different professionals and share roles, knowledge, ideas and values with each other for patients, clients, families and communities.
Peripheral domains
Role contributionProfessionals can understand mutual roles and use knowledge and skills with each other to conduct their roles properly.
Facilitation of relationshipProfessionals can build, maintain and grow relationships with different professionals. Professionals can also properly cope with conflicts among different professionals.
ReflectionProfessionals can review concepts, performance, emotion and values of their own professions and powerfully understand their collaborative experiences with different professionals to improve collaboration.
Understanding of othersProfessionals can understand concepts, performance, emotion and values of other professions to improve collaboration.
  • Source: adapted from Haruta et al.26