Effectiveness of Educational Workshop based on interprofessional approach in Changing Health Science Students’ Attitudes towards Interprofessional Learning and Collaboration.

Introduction: Considering the developments of the third millennium in the field of health, building the ability of interprofessional collaboration and teamwork among students is one of the most important tasks of educational organizations. The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of the educational workshop based on interprofessional approach to change the attitudes of health science students toward interprofessional learning and collaboration. Methods: Quasi-experimental study was done in 2018 at Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences. Sixty-five medical and nursing students participated in this study. Primary sampling was done by available method, and then the samples were randomly assigned to two groups of control and experimental. The intervention was developed as an interactive workshop based on interprofessional approach with educational content of communication and interprofessional collaboration. Data were gathered using readiness and attitude to interprofessional learning scale (RIPLS) with reliability 0.8, and was analyzed with SPSS 22 software. Results: There was no significant difference between the two groups regarding the attitude toward interprofessional learning and collaboration before intervention (p>0.05). After intervention, the Students’ attitude was in the experimental group with a mean of 80.8 and standard deviation of 8.59 and control group with a mean of 59.72 and standard deviation of 8.29. So, significant difference was observed between the two groups (P < 0.001). Conclusion: Results indicate the availability of an appropriate motivation and perspective for integrating interprofessional education in health sciences. Educational organizations, for empowerment labor for responding to present and future generation health needs, should design and implement interprofessional education in the field of health from now on. Received: 2018/12/09 Accepted: 2019/02/02

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