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<h3>Background</h3>
<p>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.</p>
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<h3>Methods</h3>
<p>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.</p>
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<h3>Results</h3>
<p>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.</p>
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<h3>Conclusions</h3>
<p>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.</p></sec></abstract>

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.

Training in interprofessional learning and collaboration: An evaluation of the interprofessional education program in the scale-up phase in Antwerp (Belgium)

Slovenian Journal of Public Health

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Usposabljanje na področju medpoklicnega učenja in sodelovanja: Ocena širitve programa medpoklicnega izobraževanja v Antwerpnu (Belgija)

Background
Curricula are reviewed and adapted in response to a perceived need to improve interprofessional collaboration for the benefit of patient care. In...

Training in interprofessional learning and collaboration: An evaluation of the interprofessional education program in the scale-up phase in Antwerp (Belgium)

Article Category: Original scientific article

Publié en ligne: 28 juin 2021

Pages: 176 - 181

Reçu: 26 déc. 2020

Accepté: 31 mai 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjph-2021-0025

Mots clés
collaborate, education, healthcare, interprofessional

© 2021 National Institute of Public Health, Slovenia, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

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Seven closed questions used for the written evaluation (10).

Seven closed questions used for the written evaluation (10).
1. Has the course increased your knowledge of the roles and duties of other professional groups?
2. Has the course changed your understanding of how other professional groups work?
3. Has the course changed your attitude towards other professional groups?
4. Do you feel that a course in interprofessional learning will have any effect on your future relationships with other professional groups?
5. Should interprofessional learning be included in your undergraduate course?
6. Do you feel you have a greater understanding about problem solving in teams within healthcare?
7. Do you think a course in interprofessional learning will enable you to work more effectively as a member of a healthcare team?

Training in interprofessional learning and collaboration: An evaluation of the interprofessional education program in the scale-up phase in Antwerp (Belgium)

Article Category: Original scientific article

Publié en ligne: 28 juin 2021

Pages: 176 - 181

Reçu: 26 déc. 2020

Accepté: 31 mai 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjph-2021-0025

Mots cléscollaborate, education, healthcare, interprofessional

© 2021 National Institute of Public Health, Slovenia, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Figure 1

Figure 2

Figure 3

Seven closed questions used for the written evaluation (10).

Mots clés
collaborate, education, healthcare, interprofessional