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ArticleBMJ open2018

Longitudinal impact of interprofessional education on attitudes, skills and career trajectories: a protocol for a quasi-experimental study in New Zealand.

Ben Darlow, Melanie Brown, Peter Gallagher, Lesley Gray, Eileen McKinlay, Gordon Purdie, Christine Wilson, Sue Pullon, LIP Study Group

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Article in BMJ open, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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4.3field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ben DarlowDepartment of Primary Health Care and General Practice, University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand.
Melanie BrownDepartment of Primary Health Care and General Practice, University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand.
Peter GallagherEducation Unit, University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand.
Lesley GrayDepartment of Primary Health Care and General Practice, University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand.
Eileen McKinlayDepartment of Primary Health Care and General Practice, University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand.
Gordon PurdieBiostatistical Group, Dean's Department, University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand.
Christine WilsonDepartment of Primary Health Care and General Practice, University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand.
Sue PullonDepartment of Primary Health Care and General Practice, University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand.
LIP Study Group
University of Otago · NZ

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionInterprofessional practice is recognised as an important element of safe and effective healthcare. However, few studies exist that evaluate how preregistration education contributes to interprofessional competencies, and how these competencies develop throughout the early years of a health professional's career. This quasiexperimental study will gather longitudinal data during students' last year of preregistration training and their first 3 years of professional practice to evaluate the ongoing development of interprofessional competencies and the influence that preregistration education including an explicit interprofessional education (IPE) programme may have on these. METHODS AND ANALYSIS: Participants are students and graduates from the disciplines of dentistry, dietetics, medicine, nursing, occupational therapy, oral health, pharmacy and physiotherapy recruited before their final year of study. A subset of these students attended a 5-week IPE immersion programme during their final year of training. All data will be collected via five written or electronic surveys completed at 12-month intervals. Each survey will contain the Attitudes Towards Health Care Teams Scale and the Team Skills Scale, as well as quantitative and free-text items to explore vocational satisfaction, career trajectories and influences on these. Students who attend the IPE programme will complete additional free-text items to explore the effects of this programme on their careers. Quantitative analysis will compare scores at each time point, adjusted for baseline scores, for graduates who did and did not participate in the IPE programme. Associations between satisfaction data and discipline, professional setting, location and IPE participation will also be examined. Template analysis will explore free-text themes related to influences on career choices including participation in preregistration IPE. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION: This study has received approval from the University of Otago Ethics Committee (D13/019). Results will be disseminated through peer-reviewed publications, conferences and stakeholder reports. Findings will inform future IPE developments and health workforce planning.

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Career ChoiceInterprofessional RelationsPatient Care TeamProfessional PracticeAttitude of Health PersonnelHealth PersonnelHumansLongitudinal StudiesNew ZealandResearch DesignSurveys and Questionnaireshealth sciences studentsinterprofessional educationlongitudinal studyprimary care

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PMCPMC5781053
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