Insights of undergraduate health sciences students about a French interprofessional training initiative.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Incorporating interprofessional collaboration within healthcare is critical to delivery of patient-centered care. Interprofessional Education (IPE) programs are key to promoting such collaboration. The 'Public Health Service' (PHS) in France is a mandatory IPE initiative that embodies this collaborative spirit, bringing together students from varied health undergraduate training programs-nursing, physiotherapy, pharmacy, midwifery, and medicine- in a common training program focused on primary prevention. The aim of the study was to assess the experience and attitudes of students in the five health training programs regarding the interest of IPEs in the PHS.

Methods

A cross-sectional survey was administered to 823 students from the 2022-2023 cohort at a French univ

SUBMITTER: Gaillet M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10908004 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature