Design and Evaluation of Interprofessional Training Program for Healthcare Students from Collectivistic Culture.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Healthcare is team-based, and with increased mobility of healthcare workers, most of them will work with team members from all over the globe. Interprofessional education (IPE) research has mostly focused on specially designed programs in academic health institutions to prepare students for multidisciplinary work. Few IPE programs aim to integrate students with mixed disciplines from collectivist cultures.

Methods

This mixed-methods study was conducted between June and August 2019. Surveys and an e-portfolio were recorded of 33 final-year and graduated health professional students' participation in an 8-week IPE summer program at a medical school in Ireland. Survey results are described, and the content of portfolios was analyzed based on the deductive analysis of

SUBMITTER: Raj S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9054974 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature