McCallin A; School of Health Sciences, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Massey University, Auckland, New Zealand.
Introduction
When reading this journal, on finds it rather difficult to comprehend the relation between the topic of the journal and the problem statement. Furthermore, one has to be very careful with the interpretations that have been provided by the author tend to reflect the historical socializations patterns that were used historically that currently seem to be out of kilter with the current contemporary understanding. Additionally, there seems to be a limited research base about the various issues that have affected or influenced the concept of interdisciplinary practice.
The problem statement from the paper seems to be in agreement with the title of the paper when one clearly analyzes both statements, and this is of high educational significance. However, to the average reader, the problem may not be clearly visible, and one has to read the journal several times so as to be in a position that they can establish the reasons as to why the researcher felt that there was a need to conduct this study. One may conclude that the research was limited to the resources and the capabilities that were available to the researcher.
While defining the terminologies that were used in the paper, the descriptions of some of the terms such as interdisciplinary teams, multidisciplinary collaborations, teamwork, teams and interprofessional interactions seems to be overcomplicated and very diverse meaning that one may find it murky to comprehend and relate the terms to the problem statement and the topic of the journal.
The objectives of the author were answerable. The hypotheses that the author used served well to explain the problem that the author was tackling and that the hypotheses were testable. The methods that the author used to gather the data for the study were mainly secondary alt6hor some of the sections needed primary data (Mccallin, 2001). The author also went into a lengthy explanation of the development of the instruments that were used and the reliability of the coefficient of all the tests that were used in the paper. One section of the paper also discussed the statistical technique that was used in the paper.
The findings of the paper were well articulated, organized, reported objectively and sectioned. Some of the tables in the paper were well numbered as each of the tables represented some vital data that had to be incorporated into the study. The only tricky concept that one has to understand is the data in the tables used as some of the data analysis techniques used cannot be understood by an average reader without a clear explanation. The author provided some clear summary of the study conducted, and this can be further reinforced through the abstract that was provided in the initial sections of the paper. The conclusions and the implications of the research were provided whereby the author rewrote the problem statement. However, one may find it difficult to comprehend the real intentions of the writer. The author may also have provided some recommendations for future research. Overall, this was a very in-depth research for a paper or a journal article. The reporting may seem complicated due to the different methods of data analysis.
References
Mccallin, A. (2001). Interdisciplinary practice – a matter of teamwork: an integrated literature review. Journal Of Clinical Nursing, 10(4), 419-428.
