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  • Healthcare Management
  • Organizational Theory

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  • Collaboration is a key ideal in modern healthcare, yet its tangible benefits remain debated.
  • Existing research often uses functionalist or conflict-theoretical lenses to explain this paradox.
  • A gap exists in understanding how collaborative ideals are integrated into healthcare's foundational beliefs and structures.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To analyze how idealized versions of physicians and primary care organizations are constructed through language in key healthcare documents.
  • To explore the role of formal structures, such as competency frameworks, in shaping perceptions of collaboration.
  • To investigate how these structures create an appearance of collaboration irrespective of actual practice.

Main Methods:

  • Phenomenological sociology and neo-institutional theory were employed.
  • Analysis focused on the language within the CanMEDS competency framework and guides for Family Health Teams.
  • Documents were examined as formal structures or 'blueprints' for healthcare.

Main Results:

  • The CanMEDS framework and Family Health Team guides construct idealized images of rational, autonomous professionals and organizations.
  • These documents function as formal structures that promote an appearance of collaboration.
  • This appearance of collaboration is generated independently of the actual collaborative practices within healthcare settings.

Conclusions:

  • Formal structures and documents can create a perception of "real" collaboration, potentially obscuring practice-based challenges.
  • This manufactured appearance can foster confidence in the healthcare system by aligning it with societal values.
  • The focus on idealized structures may distort efforts to genuinely understand and improve healthcare delivery and outcomes.