Document Type
Article
Publication Date
11-2021
Publisher
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc.
Source Publication
Nurse Educator
Source ISSN
0363-3624
Abstract
Background
A challenge to substantiating the value of interprofessional education (IPE) has been the limited number of studies that assess the effectiveness of IPE interventions compared with education interventions in which professions were learning separately from one another.
Purpose
The purpose was to compare interprofessional socialization (IS) in mixed-discipline and single-discipline–only student cohorts to determine if mixed-discipline cohorts demonstrate greater improvement in IS compared with single-discipline cohorts.
Methods
Interprofessional socialization was measured using the Interprofessional Socialization and Valuing Scale in 166 university students who completed a semester-long online palliative care course.
Results
Statistically significant increases in IS were seen with all participants, both those in discipline-specific as well as mixed-discipline cohorts and in all IS subscales. No difference was observed between a cohort of nursing student–only learners versus a cohort of mixed-discipline students.
Conclusion
The study demonstrates that IS can be significantly increased whether students participate with single discipline peers or in mixed-discipline settings.
Recommended Citation
Groom, Kara; Frenn, Marilyn; Breakwell, Susan; Melchert, Timothy; and Garnier-Villarreal, Mauricio, "Comparing Interprofessional Socialization in Mixed-Discipline and Nursing Student-Only Cohorts" (2021). College of Nursing Faculty Research and Publications. 900.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/nursing_fac/900
Comments
Accepted version. Nurse Educator, Vol. 46, No. 6 (November/December 2021): 376-380. DOI. © 2021 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc. Used with permission.