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Measuring the Efficacy of a Foundational Interprofessional Education Course Using the Attitudes Towards Health Care
Kathryn P Bell1, Matthew Hunsinger, Shahana Koslofsky
1Pacific University, 222 SE 8th Ave, Suite 271, Hillsboro, OR 97123, USA. Tel 503-352-7246. kathryn.bell@pacificu.edu.
Background:
Interprofessional education (IPE) has been widely embraced over the past several years, in a variety of ways among different institutions. Due to heterogeneity of IPE programming, it has been challenging to determine the efficacy of pre-professional IPE across the field. However, individual institutions need to assess efficacy of their own IPE programming. The purpose of this study was to assess whether the interprofessional competence course (IPC) at Pacific University was effective as determined by changes in pre- to post-course scores on the Attitudes Towards Health Care Teams Scale (ATHCTS).
Methods:
First-year students in the College of Health Professions completed the ATHCTS on the first and last days of the IPC course. Descriptive and inferential analyses were completed using SPSS.
Results:
Student cohorts from both 2016 (n=423) and 2017 (n=445) demonstrated significant improvements in scores on the ATHCTS (p<0.01). Changes in attitudes differed as a function of gender, with men demonstrating a larger improvement (p=0.013). Changes in attitudes did not differ as a function of professional program.
Conclusions:
The IPC course demonstrated effective content delivery as measured by changes in the ATHCTS scores.
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