Readiness for interprofessional learning among health science students: a cross-sectional Q-methodology and likert-based study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Interprofessional education (IPE) prepares healthcare students for collaboration in clinical practice, but the effectiveness of this teaching method depends on students' readiness for and perceptions of IPE. Evaluating students' readiness for and perceptions of IPE is challenging, due to the lack of comprehensive measures. This study characterized the level of IPE readiness and perspectives across first-year undergraduate and graduate health science students using the readiness for interprofessional learning Likert Scale (RIPLS) and Q-methodologies.

Methods

This is a cross-sectional, online study. Students were randomized to answer the Likert-scale version of RIPLS (80%) or a matched Q-methodology survey (20%). An ANCOVA compared RIPLS scores between students from

SUBMITTER: Oliveira A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10439564 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature