Interprofessional education in medical and physiotherapy studies for future collaboration.

Autor: González Blum C; Institute for Anatomy and Cell Biology, Department of Molecular Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Albertstraße 17, 79104 Freiburg, Germany; Furtwangen University, Faculty of Health, Safety and Society, Robert-Gerwig-Platz 1, 78120 Furtwangen, Germany; Gesundheitsschulen Südwest GmbH, Konrad-Goldmann-Straße 7, 79100 Freiburg, Germany. Electronic address: Gblum@gssw.eu., Richter R; Furtwangen University, Faculty of Health, Safety and Society, Robert-Gerwig-Platz 1, 78120 Furtwangen, Germany., Fuchs R; Institute for Anatomy and Cell Biology, Department of Molecular Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Albertstraße 17, 79104 Freiburg, Germany; Gesundheitsschulen Südwest GmbH, Konrad-Goldmann-Straße 7, 79100 Freiburg, Germany., Sandeck F; Furtwangen University, Faculty of Health, Safety and Society, Robert-Gerwig-Platz 1, 78120 Furtwangen, Germany; Gesundheitsschulen Südwest GmbH, Konrad-Goldmann-Straße 7, 79100 Freiburg, Germany., Kunz K; University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, Kompetenzzentrum Evaluation in der Medizin, Breisacher Straße 153, 79110 Freiburg, Germany., Heermann S; Institute for Anatomy and Cell Biology, Department of Molecular Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Albertstraße 17, 79104 Freiburg, Germany. Electronic address: Stephan.Heermann@anat.uni-freiburg.de.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Annals of anatomy = Anatomischer Anzeiger : official organ of the Anatomische Gesellschaft [Ann Anat] 2022 Feb; Vol. 240, pp. 151850. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Nov 09.
DOI: 10.1016/j.aanat.2021.151850
Abstrakt: Background: Interprofessional education (IPE) for medical and healthcare professions is highly relevant. It increases knowledge and skills, but also helps to foster the development of collaboration, which is essential for optimal patient care. One important aspect of IPE is to better understand profession's individual attitudes and perceptions towards interprofessionalism and the expected roles and skills for future collaboration in the context of patient care.
Methods: We offered IPE workshops using a peer assisted learning approach, with the focus on anatomy in the area of the lower back and hip. The workshops were attended by medical and physiotherapy students and consisted of three consecutive training sessions with the topics anatomical prosections, anatomy in vivo and orthopedics testing. We focused on student's attitudes and perceptions regarding the relevance of IPE and their expected skills in interprofessionalism. An established questionnaire was used as an instrument for self-assessment before and after the interprofessional experience. To evaluate for significance, analysis was carried out for all groups on pre- and post-course item mean differences.
Results: Pre-post score comparison for all groups combined demonstrated significant increase in terms of perceptions and attitudes for several items related to interprofessionalism and interprofessional skills. Medical and physiotherapy students rated themselves significantly higher for different questionnaire items. Students, who had obtained a professional qualification prior to their current studies, rated themselves significantly higher on certain items compared to those who had not.
Conclusions: The results from this brief interprofessional anatomy experience are encouraging. The course led to meaningful improvements in competencies that are highly relevant for effective interprofessional collaboration in the future. Furthermore, identification of differences in professional group perceptions can be useful for development of future IPE workshops.
Competing Interests: Conflict of interest The authors of this work have no conflicts of interests to declare.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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