Background: Curricula are reviewed and adapted in response to a perceived need to improve interprofessional collaboration for the benefit of patient care. In 2005, the module Interprofessional Collaboration in Healthcare (IPCIHC) was developed by the Antwerp University Association (AUHA). The program was based upon a concept of five steps to IPCIHC. This educational module aims to help graduates obtain the competence of interprofessional collaborators in health care.
Methods: Over a span of 15 years, the IPCIHC module is evaluated annually by students and provided with feedback by the tutors and steering committee. Data up to 2014 were supplemented with data up to 2019. For the students the same evaluative one-group, post-test design was used to gather data using a structured questionnaire. The tutors' and students' feedback was thematically analyzed.
Results: Based upon the results and the contextual changing needs, the program was adjusted. Between 2005 and 2019, a total of 8616 evaluations were received (response rate: 78%). Eighty percent of the respondents indicated through the evaluations that they were convinced of the positive effect of the IPCIHC module on their interprofessional development. Over the years, two more disciplines enrolled into this program and also education programs form the Netherlands.
Conclusions: After 15 years, positive outcomes are showed, and future health professionals have a better understanding of interprofessional learning. Gathering feedback and annually evaluation helped to provide a targeted interprofessional program addressing contextual changes. The challenge remains to keep on educating future healthcare providers in interprofessional collaboration in order to achieve an increase in observable interprofessional behaviour towards other professional groups.
Podlaga: Učni načrti se pregledajo in prilagodijo glede na zaznano potrebo po izboljšanju medpoklicnega sodelovanja v korist zdravstvene oskrbe pacientov. Združenje Univerze v Antwerpnu (AUHA) je leta 2005 razvilo modul Medpoklicno sodelovanje v zdravstvenem varstvu (IPCIHC). Ta program je temeljil na konceptu petih korakov za IPCIHC. Cilj tega izobraževalnega modula je diplomantom pomagati pridobiti kompetence medpoklicnega sodelavca v zdravstvenem varstvu.
Metode: Študenti so zadnjih 15 let vsako leto ocenjevali modul IPCIHC, predavatelji in usmerjevalni odbor pa so zagotovili povratne informacije. Podatki do leta 2014 so bili dopolnjeni s podatki do leta 2019. Za študente iz iste skupine za ocenjevanje je bila uporabljena metoda zbiranja podatkov po preskusu s strukturiranim vprašalnikom. Povratne informacije predavateljev in študentov so bile tematsko analizirane.
Rezultati: Program je bil prilagojen na podlagi rezultatov in potreb po kontekstualnih spremembah. Osemdeset odstotkov od skupno 8.616 udeležencev (78-odstotni skupni odziv) med letoma 2005 in 2019 je bilo prepričanih, da IPCIHC pozitivno vpliva na njihov medpoklicni razvoj. V preteklih letih so bili v program vključeni še dve disciplini in izobraževalni programi z Nizozemske.
Zaključki: Po 15 letih so vidni pozitivni rezultati, bodoči zdravstveni delavci pa bolje razumejo medpoklicno učenje. Zbiranje povratnih informacij in letna ocenjevanja so omogočili oblikovanje ciljno usmerjenega medpoklicnega programa, ki obravnava kontekstualne spremembe. Še naprej ostaja izziv nadaljevanje izobraževanja bodočih zdravstvenih delavcev na področju medpoklicnega sodelovanja z namenom povečanja zaznavnega medpoklicnega odnosa do drugih strokovnih skupin.
Keywords: collaborate; education; healthcare; interprofessional.
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