Current status of interprofessional competency among healthcare professions in Japan: A cross-sectional web-based survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Self-assessment of professionals' interprofessional competency is meaningful for benchmarking oneself and helping to identify training needs. We aimed to clarify differences in self-assessment of interprofessional competency in Japan by profession and type of facility.

Methods

We conducted a cross-sectional study using a web survey among primary healthcare providers in Japan, especially members of the Japan Primary Care Association, between June and October 2020. After sampling using the e-mail list, we used an exponential nondiscriminative snowball method as purposive sampling through key professional informants between November 2020 and February 2021. The questionnaire covered items including participant demographics (age, gender, years of experience as professi

SUBMITTER: Goto R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10000264 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature