Longitudinal impact of interprofessional education on attitudes, skills and career trajectories: a protocol for a quasi-experimental study in New Zealand.

ABSTRACT: INTRODUCTION:Interprofessional practice is recognised as an important element of safe and effective healthcare. However, few studies exist that evaluate how preregistration education contributes to interprofessional competencies, and how these competencies develop throughout the early years of a health professional's career. This quasiexperimental study will gather longitudinal data during students' last year of preregistration training and their first 3 years of professional practice to evaluate the ongoing development of interprofessional competencies and the influence that preregistration education including an explicit interprofessional education (IPE) programme may have on these. METHODS AND ANALYSIS:Participants are students and graduates from the disciplines of dentistry, dietetics,

SUBMITTER: Darlow B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5781053 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature