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Readiness of Postgraduate Health Sciences Students for Interprofessional Education
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Vafadar Z.1   , Vanaki Z. 2, Ebadi A.3 , Seyyed Bagher Maddah S.4 |
1- “Health Management Research Center” and “Medical-Surgical Department, Nursing Faculty”, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
2- Nursing Department, Medical Sciences Faculty, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran , vanaki_z@modares.ac.ir
3- Management Department, Nursing Faculty, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
4- Management Department, Nursing Faculty, University of Welfare Sciences & Rehabilitation, Tehran, Iran |
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Abstract: (8278 Views) |
Aims: Interprofessional
education is a new approach to empower health sciences learners to provide
comprehensive collaborative team care for promotion health consequences of the
clients. This study was done aimed to evaluate the readiness of Health Sciences
postgraduate students for Interprofessional education and learning.
Methods: This cross-sectional study
was done on 500 postgraduate students of different majors in health sciences
using simple and achievable sampling in 2012-13. Data gathered using Readiness
for Inter Professional Learning Scale (RIPLS) with the reliability 0.83. Data
analyzed by SPSS 18 and descriptive statistics (mean and percent) and One-way
ANOVA.
Findings: The total mean of Health
Sciences postgraduate students' readiness for Interprofessional education was
above the average. There was no significant difference between professional
groups in terms of readiness for Interprofessional education (p>0.05). But
in the Nursing group the mean scores in all scale and subscales was more than other
groups. Conclusion:
Health Sciences postgraduate students' readiness for Interprofessional
education is more than the average level. |
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| Keywords: Education, Learning, Health, Education, Graduate |
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Article Type: Original Research |
Subject:
New Methods of Teaching in Medical Sciences
Received: 2014/06/28 | Accepted: 2014/08/14 | Published: 2014/10/28
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