Open AccessInterprofessional Education: Are we ready for it?
Author(s) -
Rabbia Qadeer Mian
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
health professions educator journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2664-1151
pISSN - 2664-1143
DOI - 10.53708/hpej.v3i2.93
Subject(s) - workforce , representation (politics) , teamwork , productivity , gender disparity , higher education , academic medicine , rank (graph theory) , psychology , medical education , medicine , demography , sociology , political science , economic growth , mathematics , combinatorics , politics , law , economics
Interprofessional education arose as a solution to the increasing healthcare challenges occurring worldwide, however, its practice is mostly lacking in developing countries like Pakistan where the concept of IPE has yet to be formally established.
The objective of this study was to assess the readiness of dental and medical postgraduates for interprofessional education and explore whether there is a difference in readiness with respect to discipline, gender, and training level.
It was a cross-sectional survey was conducted at Fatima Memorial Hospital, College of Medicine and Dentistry, from August 2019 to September 2019, using the ‘readiness for interprofessional learning scale (RIPLS) which was to be scored on a 5 point Likert scale. Participants included all 178 postgraduate trainees enrolled in different FCPS programs at the institute. Data were interpreted using descriptive, parametric, and nonparametric statistics.