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Joosten-Hagye D, Gurvich T, Resnik C, Segal-Gidan F, Reilly JM, Thayer EK, Halle AD. A community-based geriatric interprofessional education experience and its impact on post-graduate collaborative practice. J Interprof Care 2024; 38:855-863. [PMID: 38956980 DOI: 10.1080/13561820.2024.2371337] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2023] [Revised: 04/24/2024] [Accepted: 06/18/2024] [Indexed: 07/04/2024]
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While a growing body of interprofessional education (IPE) literature demonstrates a positive impact on learner knowledge, there is limited data on its long-term impact on collaborative practice (CP). With the growth of the aging population globally, understanding both the long-term impact on CP and sustainability of community-based geriatric experiential IPE programs are imperative. This study explores the impact of the Interprofessional Geriatric Curriculum (IPGC), a community-based geriatric IPE program, on post-graduate clinical practice among seven health professions. This study utilized a cross-sectional descriptive design, where both qualitative and quantitative data were collected in the same online survey of health professionals' to measure their perceptions of the impact IPGC has had on their respective clinical practice 1-3 years post-graduation. Forty-six per cent of health profession graduates provided clinical care for people 65 years of age or older; 81% worked in interprofessional teams; 80% reported the IPGC experience significantly impacted their practice (N = 137), and all used validated assessment tools taught in the IPGC program in their practice. Eight themes emerged from the list of what health professionals learned from IPGC that they use regularly in their clinical practice: four themes were interprofessional in nature (i.e. teamwork and team-based care, interprofessional communication, roles/responsibilities, and personal/professional) and four themes related to geriatrics (i.e. aging, screening and assessment, medications, and didactic content). This study is one of the first to describe the sustained influence of a community-based IPE program across multiple health professional disciplines on clinical geriatric practice.
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- Dawn Joosten-Hagye
- Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Alfred E. Mann School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States
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- Division of Biokinesiology & Physical Therapy, Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States
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- Keck School of Medicine of USC, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States
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- Department of Family Medicine, Keck School of Medicine of USC, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States
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- Department of Family Medicine, Keck School of Medicine of USC, University of Southern California, Alhambra, California, United States
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- Mrs. T.H. Chan Division of Occupational Science & Occupational Therapy, Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States
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Ten-year mixed-method evaluation of prelicensure health professional student self-reported learning in an interfaculty pain curriculum. Pain Rep 2022; 7:e1030. [PMID: 36128043 PMCID: PMC9478270 DOI: 10.1097/pr9.0000000000001030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2022] [Revised: 04/21/2022] [Accepted: 06/01/2022] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Introduction: Student perspectives on interprofessional pain education are lacking. Objectives: The purpose of this study was to evaluate ratings of knowledge acquisition and effective presentation methods for prelicensure health professional students attending the University of Toronto Centre for the Study of Pain Interfaculty Pain Curriculum (Canada). Methods: A 10-year (2009–2019) retrospective longitudinal mixed-methods approach comprising analysis and integration of quantitative and qualitative data sets was used to evaluate 5 core University of Toronto Centre for the Study of Pain Interfaculty Pain Curriculum learning sessions. Results: A total of 10, 693 students were enrolled (2009–2019) with a mean annual attendance of 972 students (±SD:102). The mean proportion of students rating “agree/strongly agree” for knowledge acquisition and effective presentation methods across sessions was 79.3% (±SD:3.4) and 76.7% (±SD:6.0), respectively. Knowledge acquisition or presentation effectiveness scores increased, respectively, over time for 4 core sessions: online self-study pain mechanisms module (P = 0.03/P < 0.001), online self-study opioids module (P = 0.04/P = 0.019), individually selected in-person topical pain sessions (P = 0.03/P < 0.001), and in-person patient or interprofessional panel session (P = 0.03). Qualitative data corroborated rating scores and expanded insight into student expectations for knowledge acquisition to inform real-world clinical practice and interprofessional collaboration; presentation effectiveness corresponded with smaller session size, individually selected sessions, case-based scenarios, embedded knowledge appraisal, and opportunities to meaningfully interact with presenters and peers. Conclusion: This study demonstrated positive and increasing prelicensure student ratings of knowledge acquisition and effective presentation methods across multifaceted learning sessions in an interfaculty pain curriculum. This study has implications for pain curriculum design aimed at promoting students' collaborative, patient-centered working skills. See commentary: Trouvin A-P. “Ten-year mixed method evaluation of prelicensure health professional student self-reported learning in an interfaculty pain curriculum”: a view on pain education. PAIN Rep 2022;7:e1031. Students attending learning sessions at the University of Toronto Interfaculty Pain Curriculum (2009–2019) in Toronto, Canada, self-report high ratings of knowledge acquisition and effective presentation methods.
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Darlow B, Brown M, McKinlay E, Gray L, Purdie G, Pullon S. Longitudinal impact of preregistration interprofessional education on the attitudes and skills of health professionals during their early careers: a non-randomised trial with 4-year outcomes. BMJ Open 2022; 12:e060066. [PMID: 35858731 PMCID: PMC9305815 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-060066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To assess whether a preregistration interprofessional education (IPE) programme changed attitudes towards teamwork and team skills during health professionals' final year of training and first 3 years of professional practice. DESIGN Prospective, longitudinal, non-randomised trial. SETTING Final year health professional training at three academic institutions in New Zealand. PARTICIPANTS Students from eight disciplines eligible to attend the IPE programme were recruited (617/730) prior to their final year of training. 130 participants attended the IPE programme; 115 intervention and 372 control participants were included in outcome analysis. INTERVENTION The 5-week Tairāwhiti IPE (TIPE) immersion programme during which students experience clinical placements in interdisciplinary teams, complete collaborative tasks and live together in shared accommodation. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Data were collected via five surveys at 12-month intervals, containing Attitudes Towards Healthcare Teams Scale (ATHCTS), Team Skills Scale (TSS) and free-text items. Mixed-model analysis of covariance, adjusting for baseline characteristics, compared scores between groups at each time point. Template analysis identified themes in free-text data. RESULTS Mean ATHCTS scores for TIPE participants were 1.4 (95% CI 0.6 to 2.3) points higher than non-TIPE participants (p=0.002); scores were 1.9 (95% CI 0.8 to 3.0) points higher at graduation and 1.1 (95% CI -0.1 to 2.4) points higher 3 years postgraduation. Mean TSS scores for TIPE participants were 1.7 (95% CI 0.0 to 3.3) points higher than non-TIPE participants (p=0.045); scores were 3.5 points (95% CI 1.5 to 5.5) higher at graduation and 1.3 (95%CI -0.8 to 3.5) points higher 3 years postgraduation. TIPE participants made substantially more free-text comments about benefits of interprofessional collaboration and perceived the TIPE programme had a meaningful influence on their readiness to work in teams and the way in which they performed their healthcare roles. CONCLUSIONS TIPE programme participation significantly improved attitudes towards healthcare teams and these changes were maintained over 4 years.
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- Ben Darlow
- Department of Primary Health Care and General Practice, University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand
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- Department of Primary Health Care and General Practice, University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand
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- Department of Primary Health Care and General Practice, University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand
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- Department of Primary Health Care and General Practice, University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand
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- Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand
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- Department of Primary Health Care and General Practice, University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand
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Macpherson I, Roqué MV, Martín-Sánchez JC, Segarra I. Analysis in the ethical decision-making of dental, nurse and physiotherapist students, through case-based learning. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF DENTAL EDUCATION : OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE ASSOCIATION FOR DENTAL EDUCATION IN EUROPE 2022; 26:277-287. [PMID: 34085360 DOI: 10.1111/eje.12700] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2020] [Revised: 03/03/2021] [Accepted: 05/28/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Training in ethical competencies is perceived with special interest among the objectives of health education. The dimensions of the person such as integrity, autonomy and dignity influence the choice of interventions, but the different specialties of the health sciences conceive these dimensions with different perspectives depending on the clinical setting. These divergences can be detected during the first years of undergraduate studies, and it is important to know the professional bias and its possible causes. MATERIALS AND METHODS A procedure was developed through case-based learning (CBL) to assess various characteristics of decision-making during the early stages of student training. A semi-quantitative method was designed based on the narrative responses of a case with ethical implications in the field of gender violence. The method was applied to 294 undergraduate students in nursing (95), physiotherapy (109) and dentistry (90) from the Faculty of Health Sciences of a Spanish university. A frequency analysis of the narrative responses of the students to the proposed case was carried out, using the chi-square test to determine any association between the variables studied: gender, specialty and ethical knowledge. RESULTS Four types of response categories were detected, as a result of combining the personal conversation, report to legal authority or require assistance of other teams. The most common option in dentists is conversation only, while physical therapists include the assistance of other teams. In nursing, a balance is observed between both possibilities. The results show that student responses differ significantly among specialties and also differ significantly according to test scores on ethical knowledge. However, no significant differences were found between the responses provided by men and women. CONCLUSION Most of the health sciences students highly valued their own capacity for dialogue and reflection to approach situations with complex ethical dimensions. We consider that case-based learning (CBL), in combination with narrative analysis is a valid means of evaluating the professional ethical competencies of students in health sciences careers applied to a common goal.
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- Ignacio Macpherson
- Bioethics Unit, Department of Humanities, International University of Catalonia, Sant Cugat del Vallés, Spain
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- Bioethics Unit, Department of Humanities, International University of Catalonia, Sant Cugat del Vallés, Spain
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- Biostatistics Unit, Department of Basic Sciences, International University of Catalonia, Sant Cugat del Vallés, Spain
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- Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health Sciences, Catholic University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain
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McKinlay E, Banks D, Coleman K, Darlow B, Dungey G, Farr T, Fyfe R, Gray B, Kemp L, Mitchell M, Morris C, Myers J, Neser H, Perry M, Price R, Thompson W, Westenra B, Pullon S. Keeping it going: the importance of delivering interprofessional education during the COVID-19 pandemic. J Prim Health Care 2021; 13:359-369. [PMID: 34937649 DOI: 10.1071/hc21070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2021] [Accepted: 11/05/2021] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND AND CONTEXT Globally, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has highlighted the need for better interprofessional collaboration and teamwork. When disciplines have worked together to undertake testing, deliver care and administer vaccines, progress against COVID-19 has been made. Yet, teamwork has often not happened, wasting precious resources and stretching health-care workforces. Continuing to train health professionals during the pandemic is challenging, particularly delivering interprofessional education that often uses face-to-face delivery methods to optimise interactional learning. Yet, continuing to offer interprofessional education throughout the pandemic is critical to ensure a collaboration-ready health workforce. One example is continuing the established INVOLVE (Interprofessional Visits to Learn Interprofessional Values through Patient Experience) interprofessional education initiative. ASSESSMENT OF PROBLEM Educators have not always prioritised interprofessional education during the pandemic, despite its immediate and long-term benefits. The INVOLVE interprofessional education initiative, usually delivered face-to-face, was at risk of cancellation. RESULTS A quality improvement analysis of the strategies used to continue INVOLVE demonstrated that it is possible to deliver interprofessional education within the constraints of a pandemic by using innovative online and hybrid educational strategies. Educators and students demonstrated flexibility in responding to the sudden changes in teaching and learning modalities. STRATEGIES When pandemic alert levels change, interprofessional educators and administrators can now choose from a repertoire of teaching approaches. LESSONS Four key lessons have improved the performance and resilience of INVOLVE: hold the vision to continue interprofessional education; be nimble; use technology appropriately; and there will be silver linings and unexpected benefits to the changes.
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- Eileen McKinlay
- Department of Primary Health Care and General Practice, University of Otago Wellington, Box 7343, Wellington, New Zealand; and Corresponding author.
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- Department of Primary Health Care and General Practice, University of Otago Wellington, Box 7343, Wellington, New Zealand
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- Department of Radiation Therapy, University of Otago Wellington, New Zealand
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- Department of Primary Health Care and General Practice, University of Otago Wellington, Box 7343, Wellington, New Zealand
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- Department of Primary Health Care and General Practice, University of Otago Wellington, Box 7343, Wellington, New Zealand
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- Department of Primary Health Care and General Practice, University of Otago Wellington, Box 7343, Wellington, New Zealand
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- School of Physiotherapy, University of Otago Wellington, New Zealand
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- Department of Primary Health Care and General Practice, University of Otago Wellington, Box 7343, Wellington, New Zealand
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- Department of Medicine, University of Otago Wellington, New Zealand
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- School of Physiotherapy, University of Otago Wellington, New Zealand
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- Acute Pain Management Service, Capital and Coast District Health Board, New Zealand
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- Wellington Regional Hospital, Capital and Coast District Health Board, New Zealand
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- Centre for Interprofessional Education, University of Otago, New Zealand
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Ten years of interfaculty pain curriculum at the University of Toronto: impact on student learning. Pain Rep 2021; 6:e974. [PMID: 34870057 PMCID: PMC8635288 DOI: 10.1097/pr9.0000000000000974] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2021] [Revised: 09/08/2021] [Accepted: 10/10/2021] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Supplemental Digital Content is Available in the Text. The University of Toronto Interfaculty Pain Curriculum has significantly improved students' pain knowledge and ability to develop interprofessional care plans over the period 2009 to 2019. Introduction: Delivery of interprofessional pain education for prelicensure healthcare professionals is strongly recommended to advance a workforce ready for collaborative practice and to improve the quality and outcomes of pain care. Objectives: We report a 10-year (2009–2019) longitudinal evaluation of a 20-hour undergraduate Interfaculty Pain Curriculum (IPC) delivered to students in the Faculties of Dentistry, Nursing, Pharmacy, and Medicine (also including the Departments of Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy and Physician Assistant) at the University of Toronto, Canada. The IPC follows a constructivist approach to facilitate interactive and multifaceted learning. Methods: Evaluation methods based on the Kirkpatrick model were used to appraise changes in participating students' pain knowledge and beliefs and their ability to collaboratively develop an interprofessional pain management plan. Results: A total of 10,693 students participated over the 10-year study period. The mean annual attendance was 972 students and participation to the program increased significantly over the years. Overall, the IPC was effective in improving students' mean pain knowledge and beliefs scores; however, the mean knowledge score gains were negatively correlated with time, likely related to increased uniprofessional pain education. Although an increasing trend in mean interprofessional pain management plan scores was observed, the scores were not significantly correlated with time. Conclusions: The interactive and multifaceted IPC is consistently effective in improving knowledge and beliefs and interprofessional pain management care plan development among participating student cohorts. Future inquiry is required to better understand the mechanisms behind student learning in interprofessional pain education to enhance pain curriculum development and delivery.
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Carlisle C, Taing MW. Interprofessional education between dentistry and pharmacy students: delivery, barriers and facilitating implementation. Aust Dent J 2021; 66:351-357. [PMID: 34031880 DOI: 10.1111/adj.12856] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2021] [Accepted: 05/13/2021] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Interprofessional education (IPE) between dentistry and pharmacy students is an approach to teach effective collaborative practice between a team of future health care providers. It relies on the support and motivation of students, staff and professionals to implement a variety of educational strategies and might involve evaluating student progression before and after delivery. Many barriers exist towards the implementation of IPE between dentistry and pharmacy health disciplines and outlining experiences across educational/clinical practice settings and possible solutions would assist in reducing those walls to realization. Implementation of IPE between pharmacy and dentistry undergraduate programs might lead to improved workplace collaborations and reduce medication errors, adverse events and increase in cross-referrals. Interprofessional education within undergraduate training forms the first steps towards reducing the burden on health care systems by enabling effective collaboration to improve patient outcomes. This narrative review describes IPE strategies used between pharmacy and dentistry undergraduate disciplines to enable collaboration, discusses the barriers and facilitators towards implementing IPE, and future directions for IPE education between these two disciplines.
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- C Carlisle
- School of Pharmacy, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- School of Pharmacy, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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Li D, Wang AL, Gu YF, Liu Q, Chen XM, Wang ZY, Zhuang HR, Du M, Chen C, Yu HP. Validity of Chinese Version of Attitudes Toward Interprofessional Health Care Teams Scale. J Multidiscip Healthc 2021; 14:951-959. [PMID: 33953564 PMCID: PMC8092114 DOI: 10.2147/jmdh.s305768] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2021] [Accepted: 03/17/2021] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Objective Effective teamwork can provide safe and effective care in various medical systems. Thus, there is increasing recognition of the value of interprofessional collaborative practice. The Attitudes Toward Interprofessional Health Care Teams Scale (ATIHCTS) has been applied to a wide variety of health professions for evaluating attitudes toward health care teams. The ATIHCTS has been widely used internationally, but no Chinese version has been developed. The aim of this study was to adapt a Chinese version of the ATIHCTS among Chinese health care professionals and to test its validity. Methods The English version of the ATIHCTS was translated into Chinese, back-translated, and modified for cultural adaptation according to Brislin’s guideline. A total of 306 health professionals in a Shanghai tertiary hospital were investigated using the Chinese version of the ATIHCTS to test its validity. Results The Chinese version of the ATIHCTS was adjusted based on expert review and pilot testing. According to expert opinions, the text that did not conform to the Chinese language habits and the Chinese medical environment was adjusted. A total of five adjustments were made. After the pilot testing, minor corrections were made to improve the sentence structure of the scale instructions to make it easier to understand. Factor analysis was subsequently conducted with 306 respondents. The Chinese version of the ATIHCTS had 14 items. Exploratory factor analysis extracted two common factors, quality of care and time constraints, with the cumulative variance contribution rate reaching 70.011% and the load value of each entry on its common factor > 0.4. In addition, for scale confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), the chi-square/degrees of freedom ratio (X2/df) was 1.46, the normed fit index (NFI) was 0.97, the Tucker-Lewis index (TLI) was 0.99, the incremental fit index (IFI) was 0.99, the comparative fit index (CFI) was 0.99, and the root mean square error of approximation (RMSEA) was 0.04. The fitting values all met the judgment criteria, and the scale had good structural validity. Cronbach’s α of the Chinese version of the ATIHCTS was 0.861, and the Cronbach’s α values of each factor were 0.949 and 0.838, respectively. The split-half reliability was 0.644, and the Guttman split-half coefficients of each factor were 0.904 and 0.779, respectively. Conclusion The Chinese version of the ATIHCTS has good validity. It is a valuable tool for evaluating attitudes toward interprofessional health care teams among the health care professionals in China.
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- Dan Li
- Department of Nursing, Shanghai East Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Pediatric Clinics, Shanghai United Family Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Nursing, Shanghai East Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Nursing, Shanghai SIPO Polytechnic, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Finance, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Nursing, Shanghai Proton and Heavy Ion Center, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Nursing, Shanghai East Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Basic Nursing, School of Nursing and Health Management, Shanghai University of Medicine & Health Sciences, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Teaching and Training, Shanghai East Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Nursing, Shanghai East Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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Pullon S, Garrett S, Garnett A, Schwass ER, McKinlay E, Ashworth N, Darlow B. Five years on: Influences on early career health professionals from a rural interprofessional pre-registration immersion program. Aust J Rural Health 2021; 29:146-157. [PMID: 33793016 DOI: 10.1111/ajr.12705] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2020] [Revised: 10/29/2020] [Accepted: 11/25/2020] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To ascertain former students' perceptions of and influences from a final-year pre-registration, rurally located, clinically based, 5 week interprofessional program on their subsequent work and career in the health professions. DESIGN Online survey delivered 5 years post-program (4 years post-graduation). SETTING The Tairāwhiti interprofessional education program was first undertaken in 2012/2013 by students from six health professional degree programs (dentistry, dietetics, medicine, nursing, pharmacy and physiotherapy) in the Tairāwhiti region, New Zealand. PARTICIPANTS Health professionals who attended the Tairāwhiti interprofessional education program in 2012/2013 as students were invited to participate; 70 of 86 (81%) responded in 2017/2018. RESULTS Five years on, most respondents (91%;64/70) were working as health professionals, with a fifth (23%;15/64) working overseas. Of those currently practising in New Zealand, 51% (24/47) were working in hospital practice and 49% (23/47) in the community, with 56% (27/48) working in metropolitan areas and 44% (21/48) in regional/rural locations. Of the 51 respondents who provided free-text comments about perceived influences of program participation, the majority described positive influences on their clinical practice as health professionals or their subsequent career choices. Five themes emerged from the free-text data: 'made me a better clinician'; 'made me consider rural/regional work'; 'collaborating for care'; 'choosing an area of practice to work in,' and 'little or no impact.' CONCLUSION This work reports positive influences on subsequent careers among respondents who had previously participated as final-year students in a rurally located IPE program, particularly with respect to interprofessional working, rural health, and contextual and cultural influences.
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- Susan Pullon
- Department of Primary Health Care and General Practice, University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand
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- Department of Primary Health Care and General Practice, University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand
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- Department of Primary Health Care and General Practice, University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand
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- Department of Primary Health Care and General Practice Tairāwhiti, Tairāwhiti District Health Board, Gisborne, New Zealand
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- Department of Primary Health Care and General Practice, University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand
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- Department of Primary Health Care and General Practice Tairāwhiti, Tairāwhiti District Health Board, Gisborne, New Zealand
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- Department of Primary Health Care and General Practice, University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand
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Samuriwo R, Laws E, Webb K, Bullock A. "I didn't realise they had such a key role." Impact of medical education curriculum change on medical student interactions with nurses: a qualitative exploratory study of student perceptions. ADVANCES IN HEALTH SCIENCES EDUCATION : THEORY AND PRACTICE 2020; 25:75-93. [PMID: 31392511 PMCID: PMC7018789 DOI: 10.1007/s10459-019-09906-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2018] [Accepted: 07/29/2019] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Interprofessional teamwork between healthcare professionals is integral to the delivery of safe high-quality patient care in all settings. Recent reforms of medical education curricula incorporate specific educational opportunities that aim to foster successful interprofessional collaboration and teamwork. The aim of this study was to explore the impact of curriculum reform on medical students' perceptions of their interactions and team-working with nurses. We gathered data from 12 semi-structured individual narrative interviews with a purposive sample of male (n = 6) and female (n = 6) medical students from fourth year (n = 6 following an integrated curriculum) and fifth year (n = 6 following a traditional curriculum). Data were subject to narrative analysis which was undertaken using NVivo software. Overall, there was no notable difference in the responses of the participants on the traditional and integrated curricula about their interactions and team work with nurses. However, the introduction of an integrated medical curriculum was viewed positively but a lack of interprofessional education with nursing students, removal of a nursing placement and shorter clinical placements were perceived as lost opportunities for the development of educationally beneficial relationships. The participants reported that nurses play a number of roles in clinical practice which underpin patient safety including being medical educators who provide a valuable source of support for medical students. The participants highlighted different factors that could hinder or foster effective working relationships such as a lack of understanding of nurses' different professional roles and mutual respect. Medical education needs to provide students with more structured opportunities to work with and learn from nurses in clinical practice. Further research could explore how to foster positive relationships between medical students and nurses.
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- Ray Samuriwo
- School of Healthcare Sciences, Cardiff University, Ty Dewi Sant, Heath Park Campus, Cardiff, CF14 4XN UK
- Wales Centre for Evidence Based Care, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
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- School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
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- Centre for Medical Education, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
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- Cardiff Unit for Research and Evaluation in Medical and Dental Education (CUREMeDE), School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
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