An Interprofessional Education Pilot Study for Nursing and Speech-Language Pathology Students.

An Interprofessional Education Pilot Study for Nursing and Speech-Language Pathology Students.

Iran J Nurs Midwifery Res. 2017 Nov-Dec;22(6):497-498

Authors: Ghassemi AE, Fabus R

Abstract
Background: Despite the complexity of patient care and promise of interprofessional collaboration in health professional educational programs, interprofessional education and practice implementation challenges exist.
Materials and Methods: A pilot study with a nonequivalent comparison before/after design was conducted to examine undergraduate students' and graduate students' knowledge of the role of nurses and speech-language pathologists (SLPs) while working with patients diagnosed with dysphagia. All students received pre- and post-tests assessing their knowledge of the respective profession.
Results: A repeated measure of analysis of variance using pre- and post-tests by group design revealed a strong and statistically significant main effect from pre- to post-testing, [F (1, 19) = 17.42, p = 0.001, and partial η2= 0.48].
Conclusions: The results indicated that students received higher scores on post-tests. This study reinforces the importance of collaboration of healthcare professionals during their professional coursework.

PMID: 29184592 [PubMed]

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