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- Title
Comparison of students' readiness from six health education programs for interprofessional learning in Vietnam: a cross-sectional study.
- Authors
Huyen, Nguyen Thi Thanh; Tam, Nguyen Minh; Wens, Johan; Tsakitzidis, Giannoula; Van Chi, Le; Anh, Le Ho Thi Quynh; Len Len, Che Thi; Van Chuong, Huynh; Huy, Nguyen Vu Quoc; Valcke, Martin
- Abstract
Background: Interprofessional education (IPE) is expected to help prepare undergraduate health profession students to collaborate with other healthcare professionals in realising quality of care. Studies stress the necessity of students' readiness for interprofessional learning (IPL) in view of designing IPE programs. The present study aims to determine students' IPL-readiness and looks at related differences in students enrolled in different programs and at different phases in their educational program. Methods: A cross-sectional survey study was set up among 1139 students from six health programs at HueUMP, using the Readiness for Interprofessional Learning Scale (RIPLS). Statistical analysis was performed using Kruskal–Wallis H and Mann–Whitney U tests. Results: The overall mean RIPLS score was 68.89. RIPLS scores significantly differed between programs and between phases in the educational programs. Medical students presented a lower readiness level for IPL than students from other programs. In contrast to a significant increase in RIPLS scores of students in the clinical phase in Vietnamese traditional medicine, medicine, and pharmacy, a decrease in RIPLS scores was observed in students in the clinical phase in odonto-stomatology. Conclusions: The differences could be related to differences in educational programs and the study phases in a particular program. These results offer insights to direct the design and implementation of IPE in health education curricula and especially underscore the need to provide IPE throughout the curriculum.
- Subjects
INTERPROFESSIONAL education; HEALTH education; HEALTH programs; LEARNING readiness; CROSS-sectional method; MANN Whitney U Test
- Publication
BMC Medical Education, 2023, Vol 23, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
1472-6920
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1186/s12909-023-04776-2