Well, when Ms. O'Connor was talking about interprofessional models, that is exactly what interprofessional models are trying to do, and that's what we're trying to teach our students as well. So there's no need to be in a turf setting, saying, “This is needed, and this needs to be done by this person and this person”. If you really have a truly interprofessional concept, then the person will come in, will be evaluated, and then it will be identified who is the best person to meet that person's need. The assessment might not be from an occupational therapist but a physiotherapist knows exactly what an OT can do, and in a particular setting, the physiotherapist might say, “This is the problem with this person and I believe that she needs OT, and she needs speech language pathology”.
I think there's a lot of duplication going around because we're set in our ways, and we also have rules and regulations from our colleges. But there's nothing preventing us from being truly interprofessional and doing one assessment, instead of doing an assessment in OT, one in physiotherapy, one nursing, etc. We could have somebody there who does one assessment. We'd work as a team, and then would decide on the best professional to meet this person's needs. There are some models like this working really well right now, but it's a shift. So you're constantly debating with a model like that and trying to fit it into a model that it's not. It's difficult.