Interprofessional tensions on designing an arts-based theatre intervention in a rehabilitation setting

This study examines the tensions encountered by an interprofessional team collaborating to design an arts-based theater intervention in a rehabilitation setting. A qualitative focus group with 13 participants, including clinicians, patient participants, researchers, and theater professionals, identified five key tensions: defining the intervention (physicality vs. intellectualization), roles of clinicians (defined vs. transversal), objectives of the intervention (therapeutic vs. theatrical), modality of the intervention (individual vs. group), and target population (specific vs. general). These findings underscore the challenge of balancing disciplinary expertise with innovation in collaborative settings. Reflective practices can help navigate these tensions, fostering integration of creative and clinical approaches. Future research should examine how such dynamics shape collaboration across diverse contexts.