- Title
- Evaluating interprofessional learning modules: health students' attitudes to interprofessional practice
- Creator
- Wakely, Luke; Brown, Leanne; Burrows, Julie
- Relation
- Journal of Interprofessional Care Vol. 27, Issue 5, p. 424-425
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/13561820.2013.784730
- Publisher
- Informa Healthcare
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2013
- Description
- Interprofessional learning opportunities are thought to assist health students to work in a more collaborative, patient focussed manner during their career. In line with this thinking, the University of Newcastle’s Department of Rural Health delivers monthly interprofessional learning modules (ILMs) to students on a range of health topics. Students’ attitudes towards interprofessional learning were assessed pre- and post-ILM, using the Readiness for Interprofessional Learning scale (RIPLS). Thirty-eight students completed both pre- and post-surveys with a return rate of 36%. Our results demonstrated a statistically significant improvement in students’ attitudes to interprofessional learning in three of four domains. Based on the findings from this study, ILMs appear to be a worthwhile educational opportunity and may improve student attitudes to interprofessional learning in the short term.
- Subject
- interprofessional education; interprofessional relations; rural health; student health occupations; surveys
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1046117
- Identifier
- uon:14581
- Identifier
- ISSN:1356-1820
- Language
- eng
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