Open AccessHealth Professions Students' Teamwork Before and After an Interprofessional Education Co-Curricular Experience
Author(s) -
Shelley C. Mishoe,
Kimberly Adams Tufts,
Leigh Ann Diggs,
James Blando,
Denise M Claiborne,
Johanna M. Hoch,
Martha Walker
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of research in interprofessional practice and education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1916-7342
DOI - 10.22230/jripe.2018v8n1a264
Subject(s) - teamwork , interprofessional education , health professions , medical education , experiential learning , psychology , socialization , scale (ratio) , licensure , health care , medicine , nursing , pedagogy , social psychology , political science , physics , quantum mechanics , law
Background: Effective interprofessional collaboration may positively impact clinical outcomes, patient satisfaction, and cost effectiveness. However, educational silos and discipline-specific socialization have reinforced each health profession’s independent values, attitudes, and problem-solving approaches.Methods and Findings: Students’ (N = 376) attitudes about teamwork were measured with the Interprofessional Attitudes Scale, Teamwork, Roles, and Responsibilities subscale using a pretest-posttest design. Experiential learning strategies and a case study approach were used to introduce students to the roles and responsibilities of the students’ disciplines. There was a positive mean difference in pretest-posttest measures (p < .001) with a moderate effect size (r = .27).Conclusions: Providing opportunities for pre-licensure health sciences students to understand the roles and responsibilities of other disciplines through IPE co-curricular learning can enhance positive attitudes toward teamwork.