Implementation Of Interprofessional Education To Improve Collaboration And Teamwork Capabilities

Abstract

One of the problems in health care services is overlapping competencies due to insufficient cooperation between professions. Interprofessional learning (IPE) is required to foster a positive attitude between professions collaboration and teamwork skills between professions. The study was conducted to establish the application of IPE to increase students' collaboration and teamwork capability, using pre and post-design. The assessment of 148 students from four different professions, using instruments. The results were analyzed using Mean, SD, Min-Max, Wilcoxon Test. The results suggested an increase in scores of collaboration and teamwork, for about 51.11 and 20.67. Statistical analysis suggested a significant difference between before and after the program (p-value = 0.0001). IPE can encourage positive interaction between professions, so that students have benefited, both in terms of their profession and in studying other professions. The early application of IPE is expected to lead to better health services in the future.