Interprofessional education and collaborative practice in Kuwait: attitudes and perceptions of health sciences students

Interprofessional education (IPE) prepares health students to become collaboration-ready healthcare professionals. Assessing students' baseline attitudes toward IPE and collaborative practice is essential to inform development of IPE curricula. Kuwait University Health Sciences Center (HSC) is...

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Published in:Journal of interprofessional care 2022, Vol.36 (1), p.117-126
Main Authors: Katoue, Maram G., Awad, Abdelmoneim I., Dow, Alan W., Schwinghammer, Terry L.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Attitude of Health Personnel
Attitudes
Collaboration
Cross-Sectional Studies
Curricula
Dentistry
Female
Health sciences
Humans
Interdisciplinary aspects
Interdisciplinary education
interprofessional collaborative practice
Interprofessional Education
Interprofessional Relations
Kuwait
Male
Medical personnel
Pharmacy
Polls & surveys
Response rates
student attitudes
Students
Students, Pharmacy
Team-based patient care
Teams
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Summary:Interprofessional education (IPE) prepares health students to become collaboration-ready healthcare professionals. Assessing students' baseline attitudes toward IPE and collaborative practice is essential to inform development of IPE curricula. Kuwait University Health Sciences Center (HSC) is early in its IPE journey but is planning to join the broader global movement toward IPE. A cross-sectional survey was conducted to explore the attitudes of HSC students from Faculties of Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy, and Allied Health Sciences toward collaborative practice and IPE at early and late stages of study. A total of 770 students completed the survey (81.1% response rate). Students expressed positive attitudes toward interprofessional healthcare teams and IPE (median [IQR] overall attitudes were rated 4.0 [1.0] and 4.0 [2.0], respectively, on a scale of 5). Overall attitudes toward both scales were significantly more positive among pharmacy students than students from other faculties (p
ISSN:1356-1820
1469-9567
DOI:10.1080/13561820.2021.1884537