Table 1 Identified themes, sub-themes and their respective Interprofessional Education Collaborative (IPEC) core competencies

Personal professional growth

Collaborative learning

Teams and Teamwork

[12, 26,27,28, 31, 37, 38, 44, 47, 55, 57, 62,63,64, 67, 72, 74, 75, 80, 86, 90, 95, 110]

Professional identity and confidence building

Values and Ethics

[27, 30, 31, 38, 39, 45, 50, 64, 65, 76, 85, 96, 103, 109]

Clarity of roles and responsibilities

Roles and Responsibilities

[27, 31, 36, 37, 39, 42, 45, 47,48,49, 57,58,59, 71, 77, 80, 81, 84, 85, 88, 90, 93, 97, 98, 100, 104, 105, 107, 108]

Effective communication

Communication

[26, 30, 35, 37, 43, 48, 50, 53, 55, 57, 59, 60, 62, 69, 75, 89, 91,92,93, 96, 98, 101, 104, 109, 111, 112]

Professional interactions for improved patient care

Shared approach to patient-centred care

Teams and Teamwork

[12, 33, 36, 45, 48, 57, 63, 72, 76, 84, 98]

Collaborative work

Teams and Teamwork

[26, 28, 30, 31, 34, 35, 38, 42, 44, 45, 47,48,49, 53, 56, 57, 60, 61, 63, 69, 72, 73, 78, 81, 83, 84, 87, 89,90,91, 93, 98, 100,101,102,103, 106, 110]

Support and supervision

Teams and Teamwork

[51, 67]

Equality and respect

Values and Ethics

[28, 31, 36, 51, 55, 59, 71, 74, 90, 110]