Unveiling the impact of interprofessional education on shaping students' interprofessional identity and collaboration perception: a mixed-method study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Interprofessional education (IPE) has the potential to shape students' collaboration perception and interprofessional identity but remains understudied. This study aims to understand the effects of the IPE program as a contextual trigger to promote collaboration perception change and interprofessional identity formation among healthcare professional students.

Methods

Using concurrent triangulation mixed-methods, we examined the relationship between collaboration perception and interprofessional identity change among health profession students (N = 263), and explored their perspectives on how their IPE experiences influenced their perception and identity. Participants completed the Interdisciplinary Education Perception Scale and Extended Professional Identity Scal

SUBMITTER: He Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11312693 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature