TY - JOUR
T1 - Health and social care professionals’ attitudes to interprofessional working and interprofessional education
T2 - A literature review
AU - O'Carroll, Veronica
AU - McSwiggan, Linda
AU - Campbell, Martin
N1 - Funding: none.
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - The healthcare setting is a rich learning environment for students to experience interprofessional working (IPW) and interprofessional education (IPE). However, opportunities for IPE are limited, and student experiences of effective IPW are varied. This raises the question of how IPW and IPE are valued by health or social care professionals. A search of the literature was carried out to identify studies of health and social care staff attitudes to IPW and IPE. This review provides a summary of the main factors found to influence attitudes and the strengths and limitations of these studies. Professional background and prior IPE experience were identified as the influencing factors for which there is most evidence. The main limitations of the studies accessed included a focus on the value of IPE for staff, as opposed to students, and a limited number of studies considering the relationship between attitudes to IPW and the value placed on IPE. It is important that health and social care professionals lead by example by working collaboratively and providing students with opportunities for IPE. Identifying the variables influencing attitudes to IPW and IPE may assist in improving IPW and experiences of IPE for students learning in the healthcare setting.
AB - The healthcare setting is a rich learning environment for students to experience interprofessional working (IPW) and interprofessional education (IPE). However, opportunities for IPE are limited, and student experiences of effective IPW are varied. This raises the question of how IPW and IPE are valued by health or social care professionals. A search of the literature was carried out to identify studies of health and social care staff attitudes to IPW and IPE. This review provides a summary of the main factors found to influence attitudes and the strengths and limitations of these studies. Professional background and prior IPE experience were identified as the influencing factors for which there is most evidence. The main limitations of the studies accessed included a focus on the value of IPE for staff, as opposed to students, and a limited number of studies considering the relationship between attitudes to IPW and the value placed on IPE. It is important that health and social care professionals lead by example by working collaboratively and providing students with opportunities for IPE. Identifying the variables influencing attitudes to IPW and IPE may assist in improving IPW and experiences of IPE for students learning in the healthcare setting.
KW - Health and social care
KW - interprofessional education
KW - interprofessional practice
KW - interprofessional research
KW - systematic review
KW - work-based learning
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U2 - 10.3109/13561820.2015.1051614
DO - 10.3109/13561820.2015.1051614
M3 - Article
C2 - 26709753
SN - 1356-1820
VL - 30
SP - 42
EP - 49
JO - Journal of Interprofessional Care
JF - Journal of Interprofessional Care
IS - 1
ER -