Although often used interchangeably, technically interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary have slightly different meanings.
An interdisciplinary team may be understood to be a group of professionals from several disciplines working interdependently in the same setting, interacting both formally and informally.
A multidisciplinary team is composed of members from more than one discipline who work independently and interact formally. Multidisciplinary teams may be thought of as requiring everyone to “do his or her own thing” with little or no awareness of other disciplines’ work.
Use interdisciplinary for students, unless used to discuss an official interprofessional education (IPE) program between the schools, and interprofessional for faculty or staff (or anyone else in the workforce).
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