Measuring the attitudes of healthcare faculty members towards interprofessional education in KSA

Al-Qahtani, Mona Faisal; Guraya, Salman Yousuf

doi:10.1016/j.jtumed.2016.10.001

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“…Female respondents expressed significantly higher positive attitudes towards collaborative practice compared to males. This finding is in agreement with other studies, which showed that female generally had more positive attitudes toward interprofessional healthcare teams and interprofessional education than males [41,42]. Potentially, gender might be involved differently to support the development of interprofessional collaboration.…”

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Perspectives of primary care physicians and pharmacists on interprofessional collaboration in Kuwait: A quantitative study

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Collaborative practice between physicians and pharmacists has a positive effect on healthcare outcomes. Understanding the local data related to this collaboration is vital in establishing efficient collaboration. Therefore, this study was designed to assess the collaborative relationships between physicians and pharmacists working in the primary healthcare centres regarding their attitudes and experiences, preferred methods of communication, perceptions related to the role of pharmacists, areas of potential further collaboration, and perceived barriers. A cross-sectional study was conducted using two parallel pretested self-administered questionnaires on a sample of 518 randomly selected physicians and pharmacists. Descriptive and comparative analyses were used in data analysis. The overall response rate was 86.3%. Although over 98% of respondents agreed that physician-pharmacist collaboration improves patient outcomes, more than half of the physicians (52.1%) and pharmacists (55.7%) had never practised collaboratively. Both groups preferred to communicate face-to-face (76.7%) or via telephone (76.5%). Both professions showed good agreement on pharmacists' roles related to managing side effects, improving adherence, assisting in dosage adjustment, providing advice regarding drug interactions, and providing drug information to physicians. They indicated disagreements on the importance of dispensing of prescriptions and providing advice to physicians regarding modification of drug therapy. Both groups expressed overall positive perceptions of the potential for further collaboration in areas related to the clinical roles of pharmacists, which were significantly higher among those with practice experience of < 10 years and those aged < 40 years (p<0.05). The top four perceived barriers to collaborative practice were lack of time (84.1%), lack of financial compensation (76.3%), lack of face-to-face communication (68.9%), and the possible fragmentation of patient care by the involvement of multiple healthcare professionals (68.9%). The present findings provide valuable input that could be a catalyst to enhance or establish physician-pharmacist collaboration in primary healthcare settings in Kuwait.

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Perspectives of primary care physicians and pharmacists on interprofessional collaboration in Kuwait: A quantitative study

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“…The use of social media in medical education for active learning demands incorporation of scientifically designed program that should address ethics [17], facilitate group learning [18] especially at the workplace-based education [19] in an interprofessional environment [20,21]. One of the limitations of our study is the lack of social media-based educational content in the curricula.…”

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Measuring the extent and nature of use of Social Networking Sites in Medical Education (SNSME) by university students: Results of a multi-center study

Guraya

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Al-Qahtani

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Medical Education Online

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There is a sharp rise in the use of social networking sites (SNSs) by university students for various purposes. However, little is known about the use of SNSs for educational purposes. This study aims to determine educational use of SNSs by the medical students of two Saudi and a Kuwaiti medical school. A cross-sectional study was conducted by administering a 20-statement questionnaire to the undergraduate medical and allied health sciences students of two Saudi universities: Taibah University (TU) and Imam Abdulrahman AlFaisal University (IAFU), and one Kuwaiti university, Kuwait University (KU). The data were collected and analyzed by SPSS 20. Of a total of 1312 respondents, 1181 (90%) students used SNSs and 131 (10%) did not use SNSs for any reason. Further, only 442/1181 (37%, p < 0.00) students used SNSs for education and found these sites to be useful. As many as 357 (27%) students used SNSs for sharing education-related information once a day, 306 (23%) 3–5 times a day, and 331 (25%) once a week. A maximum of 678 (52%) used Facebook for educational purpose and most of the students, 469 (38%), used SNSs for sharing lectures. There were significant variations in responses among genders and year of schooling. The use of online social media in medical education is a rapidly evolving arena of scholarship. Low use of SNSs for sharing information and significant variations in perceptions of medical students about social media should draw attention of policy-makers for promoting awareness and educational reforms.

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“…This contrasts with multi‐professional education where health professionals learn alongside one another in a parallel manner [2]. Several studies have shown that IPE promotes interdisciplinary collaboration and teamwork [3,4], reduces the barriers and preconceptions prevailing among various healthcare groups and promotes professional competencies [5]. This approach of engaging multiple health workers from different professional backgrounds working together with patients, families and communities has been shown to provide the highest quality of patient care [6].…”

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The effectiveness of interprofessional education in healthcare: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

Guraya

Barr

2018

The Kaohsiung J of Med Scie

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Interprofessional education (IPE) emphasizes collaborative practice that aims at promoting the working relationships between two or more healthcare professions. However, there is paucity of literature about the effectiveness of IPE program in the healthcare. This systematic review and meta-analysis aims to objectively determine the effectiveness of IPE in that field in terms of the improvement of students' knowledge, skills and attitudes. The databases of OVID, ISI Knowledge of Science, and Medline (PubMed) were searched for the full-text English language articles published during 2000-2016 using the MeSH terms "interprofessional education" AND "healthcare professionals" AND "multi-professional" AND "impact" AND "effectiveness" OR "collaborative practice" OR "medical students" in Endnote X7. A systematic search finally selected 12 articles for detailed review and meta-analysis. The effect summary value of 1.37 with confidence interval of 0.92-1.82 identifies statistically significant effectiveness of intervention by IPE program in healthcare. The Z test value of 5.99, significant at 5% level of significance, also shows a significant impact of IPE intervention as calculated by the random-effects model. This meta-analysis shows a positive impact and effectiveness of educational intervention by IPE program in various disciplines of healthcare. However, analysis of further clinical trials may be helpful in identifying the effect of IPE program on the students' clinical competence.

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Measuring the attitudes of healthcare faculty members towards interprofessional education in KSA

Cited by 37 publications

References 16 publications

Perspectives of primary care physicians and pharmacists on interprofessional collaboration in Kuwait: A quantitative study

Perspectives of primary care physicians and pharmacists on interprofessional collaboration in Kuwait: A quantitative study

Measuring the extent and nature of use of Social Networking Sites in Medical Education (SNSME) by university students: Results of a multi-center study

The effectiveness of interprofessional education in healthcare: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

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