The current healthcare context is characterized by increasing care complexity, chronic illnesses, an agingpopulation, and staff shortages. In this setting, care quality is strongly linked to the ability of healthcareworkers from various professions to collaborate efficiently and cohesively. Trust is widely regarded asa crucial prerequisite for effective teamwork, yet it can be compromised by multiple factors. Thisqualitative study, employing phenomenological and critical incidents approaches, aims to better under-stand the phenomenon of interprofessional trust and to explore its main determinants and conse-quences. Interprofessional trust is primarily described as a positive expectation that a colleague will actprofessionally and prioritize patient needs. Several factors contribute to its development: the quality andregularity of relationships, individual attitudes, and organizational factors such as an interdisciplinaryculture, horizontal management, and sufficient staffing. Interprofessional trust influences professionals’psychological safety, job satisfaction, self-efficacy, and sense of meaning at work. It is also considered toenhance interprofessional collaboration, teamwork efficiency, care quality, and patient well-being andsafety. This article presents a detailed model of the dynamics of trust and its importance in the context ofinterprofessional teams and networks
