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Ethical approvals were obtained from the Ethics Committee of Tampere University (85\/2022) and the Ethics Committee of the Pirkanmaa Wellbeing Services County (6\/2023). Research permits were obtained separately from each institution that participated in the study. Participation was voluntary, contingent on informed consent and the confidentiality of participants was protected.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      In total, 153 health and social care professionals from 16 specialized palliative care wards in Finland participated in the study. The data were collected from May 2023 to March 2024, using the previously validated generic IPEC instrument and newly developed, palliative\u2010care\u2010specific ICOPA self\u2010assessment instruments. Data were analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Due to the data not being normally distributed, non\u2010parametric Mann\u2013Whitney\n                      <jats:italic>U<\/jats:italic>\n                      and Kruskal\u2013Wallis tests were applied, depending on the number of groups compared. Pearson's correlation was used to examine associations between variables.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Health and social care professionals self\u2010assessed their interprofessional competence as good. Among the interprofessional competencies, values and ethics were assessed highest, while teams and teamwork were assessed lowest. Education level, participation in interprofessional education, work experience, amount of teamwork conducted in their own unit, and evaluation considering teamwork functionality had a statistically significant association with professionals' better self\u2010assessed interprofessional competence.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The results have identified competence gaps that will guide the development of interprofessional practice. However, because the currently used instruments are based on self\u2010assessment, objective measures are also needed to ensure a comprehensive evaluation of interprofessional competence.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1111\/scs.70241","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,4,30]],"date-time":"2026-04-30T04:35:33Z","timestamp":1777523733000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Interprofessional Competence of Health and Social Care Professionals Working in Specialized Palliative Care: A Cross\u2010Sectional Study"],"prefix":"10.1111","volume":"40","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1482-062X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Pauliina","family":"Kesonen","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Health Sciences (Nursing Science), Faculty of Social Sciences Tampere University  Tampere Finland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9730-5331","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Leena","family":"Salminen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Nursing Science University of Turku  Turku Finland"},{"name":"Turku University Hospital  Turku Finland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6223-9880","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Anu","family":"Soikkeli\u2010Jalonen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Health Sciences (Nursing Science), Faculty of Social Sciences Tampere University  Tampere Finland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5322-7864","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Johanna","family":"Saarinen\u2010Nassar","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Health Sciences (Nursing Science), Faculty of Social Sciences Tampere University  Tampere Finland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9747-1428","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Elina","family":"Haavisto","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Health Sciences (Nursing Science), Faculty of Social Sciences Tampere University  Tampere Finland"},{"name":"Tampere University Hospital  Tampere Finland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"311","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,4,29]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_2_12_2_1","volume-title":"Global Atlas of Palliative Care","author":"Worldwide Hospice Palliative Care Alliance & World Health Organization","year":"2020"},{"key":"e_1_2_12_3_1","unstructured":"European Association for Palliative Care (EAPC) \u201cEducation & Training in Palliative Care \u201d Available from https:\/\/eapcnet.eu\/eapc\u2010groups\/education\u2010training\u2010in\u2010palliative\u2010care. 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