Interprofessional education in a community‑based setting: An opportunity for interprofessional learning and collaboration
نویسندگان
1 Department of Medical Education, Educational Developmental Center, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran, Medical Education Department, School of Public Health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran
2 Department of Sports and Exercise Medicine, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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چکیده
BACKGROUND: An interprofessional community‑based education provides proper situationsthat learners can be prepared to play their professional responsibilities and team duties in thecommunity. This study aims to assess the effect of interprofessional community‑based educationon attitudes and performances of learners toward interprofessional collaboration and their readinessfor interprofessional learning.MATERIALS AND METHODS: The study is a quasi‑experimental design. The learners in six differentdisciplines, including medicine, pharmacy, nursing, midwifery, public health, and nutrition (n=122) atShahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences were participated in the present study. in the presentstudy, interprofessional education intervention was conducted in two steps. First, the interprofessionallearning situation brought learners the familiarity with the concepts of interprofessional collaboration,teamwork, and educational medical content, such as backache, fatty liver, diabetes, and HIV. Second,learners from different disciplines participated in interprofessional teams in community settings. Theselearners taught people about health‑related topics, such as backache, fatty liver, and HIV. Participantsfilled out the questionnaires before and after interventions. Data were analyzed by Student’s t‑testand one‑way ANOVA in SPSS 16.0 software (SPSS, Inc., Chicago, IL, USA).RESULTS: The present results showed that the scores of learners in readiness for interprofessionallearning 3.82 (0.35) versus 4.60 (0.29) (P = 0.001) (P = 0.0001), attitudes to interprofessional teamwork3.83 (0.40) versus 4.18 (0.30) (P = 0.0001) (P = 0.0001), interprofessional collaboration 7.46 (0.70)versus 8.35 (0.43) (P = 0.001) improved significantly before and after the educational interventions.CONCLUSION: The present results showed that interprofessional community‑based educationhas improved the readiness of the learners for interprofessional learning. Besides, attitude towardteamwork and interprofessional collaboration performance have also been improved from participants’viewpoints.
