TY - JOUR
T1 - Knowledge and readiness for inter professional education and collaborative practice among undergraduate nursing students in a Middle Eastern country - A pilot study
AU - Arulappan, Judie
AU - Matua, Gerald Amandu
AU - Alzaabi, Omar
AU - Vincent, Sophia Cyril
AU - Jayapal, Sathish Kumar
AU - Al Sabei, Sulaiman Dawood
AU - Seshan, Vidya
N1 - Funding Information:
The study was funded by Dean's fund of College of Nursing, Sultan Qaboos University , Oman.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2021/5/1
Y1 - 2021/5/1
N2 - BACKGROUND: Inter Professional Education and Collaboration (IPEC) is grounded on mutual respect, enhances collaborative practice, and increases satisfaction among health care professionals.PURPOSE: The study was conducted to assess the level of knowledge and readiness for IPEC among nursing students.METHODS: The student's level of knowledge was assessed using a 20 item questionnaire while their readiness for IPEC was measured using the Readiness for Interprofessional Learning Scale (RIPLS) comprising 19 items. A total of 125 nursing students participated in the study and data was analyzed using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 25 DISCUSSION: The mean level of knowledge was 44.41 with SD of 4.72. The mean readiness score was 79.09 with the SD of 11.77. There is no significant association between the knowledge and readiness of nursing students regarding IPEC and their demographic variables at 0.05 confidence level.CONCLUSIONS: Majority of the students had moderately adequate knowledge about IPEC and high level of readiness towards IPEC. This implies that when appropriately implemented, the students will reap the benefits of IPEC, which has the potential to improve their ability to provide holistic nursing care to their patients.
AB - BACKGROUND: Inter Professional Education and Collaboration (IPEC) is grounded on mutual respect, enhances collaborative practice, and increases satisfaction among health care professionals.PURPOSE: The study was conducted to assess the level of knowledge and readiness for IPEC among nursing students.METHODS: The student's level of knowledge was assessed using a 20 item questionnaire while their readiness for IPEC was measured using the Readiness for Interprofessional Learning Scale (RIPLS) comprising 19 items. A total of 125 nursing students participated in the study and data was analyzed using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 25 DISCUSSION: The mean level of knowledge was 44.41 with SD of 4.72. The mean readiness score was 79.09 with the SD of 11.77. There is no significant association between the knowledge and readiness of nursing students regarding IPEC and their demographic variables at 0.05 confidence level.CONCLUSIONS: Majority of the students had moderately adequate knowledge about IPEC and high level of readiness towards IPEC. This implies that when appropriately implemented, the students will reap the benefits of IPEC, which has the potential to improve their ability to provide holistic nursing care to their patients.
KW - Attitude of Health Personnel
KW - Cooperative Behavior
KW - Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate
KW - Education, Professional
KW - Humans
KW - Interprofessional Relations
KW - Pilot Projects
KW - Students, Nursing
KW - Surveys and Questionnaires
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U2 - 10.1016/j.nedt.2021.104865
DO - 10.1016/j.nedt.2021.104865
M3 - Article
C2 - 33740703
SN - 0260-6917
VL - 100
SP - 104865
JO - Nurse Education Today
JF - Nurse Education Today
M1 - 104865
ER -