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Results: Physiotherapists ( n = 334) and patients ( n = 784) participated in the surveys, while 19 patients were interviewed. Less than half (48%) of physiotherapists reported delivering care as part of multidisciplinary teams and 38% of these individuals reported that the pandemic decreased their ability to deliver team-based, interprofessional care. Physiotherapists found that team-based care was negatively impacted by communication challenges, poor care coordination, and patients lacking access to other health professionals. While over one-third (38%) of patients reported poor care coordination between health professionals, qualitatively many patients reported that these challenges were similar pre-pandemic. They also experienced increased communication challenges and emphasized poor access to general practitioners and specialists. Both groups saw future opportunities for increased use of virtual care to improve team-based health care delivery. 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