Barriers and facilitators to interprofessional simulation-based learning in a Ugandan medical school: a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although Interprofessional Education (IPE) is an important component of medical education, it has only recently come under consideration in Sub-Saharan Africa. IPE occurs when two or more professions learn from, about and with each other regarding effective collaboration and the improvement of health outcomes. Current academic programs focus more on traditional approaches to training physicians, pharmacists, respiratory therapists, physiotherapists and nurses like they were independent entities. Simulation-Based Learning (SBL) is a potential platform to introduce IPE to Mbarara University of Science and Technology in southwestern Uganda that has a well- established medical simulation center but IPE has not yet been implemented. Evidence is scarce regarding the barriers a

SUBMITTER: Najjuma JN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11669217 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature