From individual to interprofessional: characteristics of assessment tasks to assess interprofessional collaboration in healthcare education.

ABSTRACT: To develop independent healthcare professionals able to collaborate in interprofessional teams, health professions education aims to support students in transitioning from an individual perspective to interprofessional collaboration. The five elements that yield the conditions for effective interprofessional collaboration are: (1) positive interdependence, (2) individual accountability, (3) promotive interaction, (4) interpersonal skills, and (5) reflection on team processes. The aim of the current study is to gain insights into how to design tasks to assess a student team as a whole on their interprofessional collaboration. This was a pilot study using a qualitative design to evaluate an interprofessional assessment task. Four interprofessional student teams, comprising physiotherapy, occ

SUBMITTER: Smeets HWH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11374113 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep-Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature