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Interprofessional Education: A Systematic Review of Educational Methods in Postgraduate Health Professions Programs.

Nouf Sulaiman Alharbi, Lujayne Bukhari, Noof Khalid Albaz, Abdulrahman Saleh Alraddadi, Reema Albilehi, Reem Alkahtani, Seema Nasser, Taghreed Alnahedh, Marwh Gassim Aldriwesh

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Synthesis in The clinical teacher, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Nouf Sulaiman AlharbiDepartment of Medical Education, College of Medicine, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-1228-1167
Lujayne BukhariDepartment of Pediatrics, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0009-0005-0223-8412
Noof Khalid AlbazDepartment of Medical Education, College of Medicine, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-7237-4672
Abdulrahman Saleh AlraddadiKing Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-1526-6608
Reema AlbilehiKing Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0009-0004-5807-0738
Reem AlkahtaniKing Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-3615-228X
Seema NasserKing Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0009-0003-0458-1471
Taghreed AlnahedhDepartment of Medical Education, College of Medicine, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-2656-0714
Marwh Gassim AldriweshKing Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0001-6319-2669

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundSeveral studies on interprofessional education (IPE) explored student's knowledge acquisition, teamwork skills and collaborative behaviours. However, the approaches to teaching and learning IPE remain underresearched and reported especially at the postgraduate level. This systematic review aimed to establish how IPE has been implemented at the postgraduate level among different health professions, focusing on teaching and learning approaches.

methodsThe systematic review was conducted in 2022-2025. It utilized three carefully identified databases: PubMed, ScienceDirect and the Cochrane Library. Publications were included after being screened based on a clear protocol and preidentified eligibility criteria. The research team used CADIMA software to screen articles published from 2010 to 2025.

resultsThirty-seven articles were considered in this systematic review. These articles were mainly from the United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Various educational approaches and a wide variety of tools were utilized to deliver IPE among health professionals at the postgraduate level. Yet, the findings indicated that simulation was at the top of the used approaches. This systematic review also revealed that IPE activities at the postgraduate level need to be focused more on interprofessional role learning and dual identity development.

conclusionsThe evidence synthesized in the current systematic review reveals that educators prefer simulation to deliver IPE activities. Yet, the evidence calls for more focused planning for IPE activities at the postgraduate level to advance IPE delivery and ensure targeting immersion and mastery levels of IPE development.

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Health OccupationsHealth PersonnelInterprofessional EducationInterprofessional RelationsCooperative BehaviorHumanseducational approachesinterprofessional educationlearning approachesmultiprofessional educationpostgraduate medical educationteaching approaches

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PMID40538104
PMCPMC12179584

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