Interprofessional education for health science students' attitudes and readiness to work interprofessionally: a prospective cohort study

Brazilian Journal of Physical Therapy
Young Joo KimChristine R Lysaght

Abstract

Interprofessional education of healthcare providers is necessary to foster collaborative practice and improve patient outcomes. To examine the effectiveness of the single-session interprofessional education in improving interprofessional attitudes, increasing knowledge of healthcare professions, and improving perceived-readiness for working interprofessionally and with older adults in students in occupational therapy, physical therapy, and physician assistant graduate programs. We used a prospective, pre-post cohort design. Fall risk evaluation for older adults was selected as the topic of the 4-hour interprofessional education session. Graduate students from three professional programs including occupational therapy (n=20), physical therapy (n=26), and physician assistant studies (n=35) participated in the study, and 17 older adults aged 65 years or older volunteered for the session. Our primary outcome measure was the Interprofessional Attitudes Scale measuring interprofessional attitudes, and our secondary outcome measure was the study-specific questionnaire measuring the direct effect of our interprofessional education session. Graduate students showed significant improvements in the subscale of teamwork, roles, and respons...Continue Reading

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