Change in attitudes and perceptions of undergraduate health profession students towards inter-professional education following an educational experience in post natal care.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Inter-professional Education (IPE) has been identified as an educational program aimed at increasing collaboration among health professionals, and improving health care outcomes. IPE programs have been incorporated in several countries and have shown positive results. The same may not be true for Asian cultures which are typically more hierarchical than others. The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of IPE on undergraduate health professional students' attitudes and perceptions in an Indian context.

Methods

Following an IPE experience undergraduate health professional students (n = 96) from three professions (Medicine, Nursing and Physiotherapy) completed a validated retro-pre questionnaire. Paired-sample t test was used to compare pre-test and post-t

SUBMITTER: Ray A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7873730 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature