The Differences in Content of Health Care Plans of Medical and Nursing Students in Interprofessional and Uniprofessional Education.

ABSTRACT:

Background

With a growing population of older people in all Western countries, interprofessional education (IPE) can help to prepare students for the complex care for these patients. Which aspects of this complex care could benefit from IPE? In this study we evaluated the differences in content of health care plans made by students who participated in IPE.

Methods

Undergraduate nursing and medical students were included and attended four sessions in which they wrote a health care plan for a paper-based geriatric patient case. Approximately half of the students were included in the IPE-group. To evaluate the content of interprofessional collaboration between the students, the other half of the students were included in a 'uniprofessional education' (UPE) group. UPE-students m

SUBMITTER: Teuwen C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11425737 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature