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Cyrielle Boussuge1, Fabienne Guilbert2, Pauline Peyroche2
1Université Caen Normandie, UFR Santé, département de médecine générale, 2 rue des Rochambelles, 14032 Caen cedex 5, France.
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Collaboration between general practitioners and state-certified nurses working in residential establishments for dependent elderly people is part of the daily practice of these two professions. One of the challenges of their interactions is the reduction of hospitalizations of nursing home residents. However, little teaching exists to promote communication between them. An interprofessional seminar between general medicine interns and nursing students allowed them to deepen their interprofessional relationships.
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