Is Prior Inter-Professional Experience Associated with Attitudes of Graduate Healthcare Students Toward Inter-Professional Education?

Authors

Preeti Deshpande Oza, University of the PacificFollow
Casey Nesbit, University of California, San Francisco

ORCiD

Preeti Oza: 0000-0002-5553-6158

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

Journal of Research in Interprofessional Practice and Education

ISSN

1916-7342

Volume

8

Issue

1

DOI

10.22230/jripe.2018v8n1a278

First Page

1

Last Page

10

Publication Date

1-1-2018

Abstract

Background: Educational background and students’ preparedness influence interprofessional education (IPE). We studied if healthcare students’ prior exposure to interprofessional collaborations and education influenced their attitudes and readiness for IPE.

Methods: Graduate students were surveyed in this cross-sectional study using the Readiness for Interprofessional Learning Survey (RIPLS). Independent variables included age, gender, type of healthcare program, diversity of clinical observation settings, and previous IPE coursework.

Findings: Sixty-eight completed surveys included 60 percent in the 20 to 25-year old group and 78 percent females. Controlling for age and gender, MANCOVA showed no group mean differences in the RIPLS.

Conclusions: Students’ attitudes toward IPE are not associated with their professional program, previous IPE coursework, or exposure to interprofessional interactions in diverse clinical observations.

Comments

This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 Canada Licence.

Recommended Citation

Oza, P. D., & Nesbit, C. (2018). Is Prior Inter-Professional Experience Associated with Attitudes of Graduate Healthcare Students Toward Inter-Professional Education?. Journal of Research in Interprofessional Practice and Education, 8(1), 1–10. DOI: 10.22230/jripe.2018v8n1a278
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/phs-facarticles/339