interprofessional education C D A J O U R N A L , V O L 4 9 , Nº 5
Development of an Interprofessional Education Event To Improve Dental and Pharmacy Students’ Attitudes Toward Interprofessional Collaboration Erin Richards, DDS; Paul Gavaza, PhD; Farnoosh Zough, PharmD, BCPS; Jennifer Mathew, MA; and Alireza Hayatshahi, PharmD, BCPS
abstract This study assessed 119 second-year pharmacy and dental students’ knowledge and attitudes toward interprofessional collaboration (IPC) before and after a two-hour curricular event held in May 2017. The event was associated with a significant improvement in the students’ attitudes toward IPC on six of the 21 items assessed (p < 0.05). Pharmacy students had significantly different mean attitude scores than dental students on 18 of the 21 IPC-related items assessed (p < 0.05). This interprofessional event (IPE) allowed for collaboration between dental and pharmacy students and faculty and improved students’ acceptance of and attitudes toward IPC. Key words: Pharmacy, health professions education, interprofessional teamwork, interprofessional learning, interprofessional education
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