The Readiness For Interprofessional Education (IPE) In The School Setting Among The Internship Students Of Applied Medical Sciences At Taibah University

Suliman Salih; Moawia Gameraddin; Sameer Kamal; Mohamed Alsadi; Jumaa Tamboul; Kamal Alsultan

doi:10.2147/AMEP.S208870

The Readiness For Interprofessional Education (IPE) In The School Setting Among The Internship Students Of Applied Medical Sciences At Taibah University

Adv Med Educ Pract. 2019 Oct 3:10:843-848. doi: 10.2147/AMEP.S208870. eCollection 2019.

Authors

Suliman Salih^{1

2}, Moawia Gameraddin^{1

3}, Sameer Kamal⁴, Mohamed Alsadi¹, Jumaa Tamboul¹, Kamal Alsultan¹

Affiliations

¹ Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Taibah University, Medina, Saudi Arabia.
² National Cancer Institute, University of Gezira, Wad Madani, Sudan.
³ College of Radiological Sciences and Medical Imaging, Alzaiem Alazhari University, Khartoum, Sudan.
⁴ Diagnostic Radiology Department, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, King Abdulaziz Univesity, Jeddah, Makkah, Saudi Arabia.

Abstract

Objective: The study aims to assess the readiness of Interprofessional Education (IPE) in the school setting among the Internship Students of Applied Medical Sciences at Taibah University.

Methods: This study utilized a survey targeting internship students of Applied Medical Sciences; departments Diagnostic Radiologic Technology, Medical Laboratory Technology, and Clinical Nutrition, at Taibah University. We used a modified Readiness for Inter-professional Learning Scale (RIPLS) survey to collect the data of this study. Data were analyzed using SPSS software version 21.

Results: A 100 surveys distributed, 40 were returned. Most of the internship students (88.7%) agreed that IPE could make them more collaborated and can enhance teamwork skill to them. A total of 36.25% of the internship student agreed, and 50.01% disagree about the negative professional identity of the IPE. 86.66% of the internship student agreed, and 50.01% disagree about the positive professional identity of the IPE. They responded that sharing learning with other health care professionals will help them to communicate better with patients and other professionals and to improve practice. 65.84% of the internship student agreed, and 23.75% disagreed about the impact of IPE on their role and responsibility. The difference between the internship student at the end level of the internship and internship student at the beginning level of the internship, towards the positive thinking about other healthcare professionals was 0.015.

Conclusion: The study concluded that there was a readiness of IPE in the school setting among the Internship Students Students of Applied Medical Sciences at Taibah University. The majority of the internship student agreed that IPE could make them more collaborated and can enhance teamwork skill to them. There was a significant difference between the internship student at the end level of the internship and internship student at the beginning level of the internship, towards the positive thinking about other healthcare professionals.

Keywords: Interprofessional education; internship student; readiness.