[Shadowing as a pedagogical method for teaching interprofessional collaboration].

Shadowing enables us to follow individuals on a daily basis without disrupting the normal course of their activities. During their final year externship in a family doctor's practice, medical students from the University of Lausanne meet a patient at home and observe other professionals, thus enriching their understanding of collaborative practice. This approach fosters understanding of roles, teamwork and reflection on professional positioning.

[Sex and gender issues in the organisation of tomorrow's medicine].

Medicine is evolving with increasing feminization and the rise of part-time work. Women now outnumber men among graduates but are underrepresented in leadership roles and in the highest-paid specialties. To meet these economic and organisational challenges, this article proposes a number of courses of action.

[The prescription: messenger between the person, the doctor's office, the nursing and pharmacy teams].

Interprofessional collaboration is essential to enhance quality of care and patient safety. It is clearly defined and requires the following 6 competencies: role clarification, teamwork, interprofessional conflict resolution, collaborative leadership, interprofessional communication and patient/client/family/community-centered care. Through different variations of a clinical scenario in primary care, we propose to demonstrate the importance of putting these skills into practice and to analyze the opportunities to reflect on the different types of interprofessional interactions depending on the complexity of the situation.