%0 Journal Article
%T Getting it Right from the Start: An Interprofessional Orientation Experience for Graduate Health Sciences Students, Evaluating Attitudes toward Role
%A Lucyellen Dahlgren
%A Debra Gibbs
%A Suzanne Greenwalt
%A Lindsay Hahn
%A Mary S. Dietrich
%J Open Access Library Journal
%V 5
%N 4
%P 1-15
%@ 2333-9721
%D 2018
%I Open Access Library
%R 10.4236/oalib.1104460
%X <div style="text-align:justify;">
	<span style="line-height:1.5;">To encourage a collaborative practice environment, educators should im-plement interprofessional education (IPE) into the healthcare curriculum. The objective of this study was to assess students¡¯ attitudes about inter-professional education by determining whether a short interprofessional program impacts their attitudes toward the roles and responsibilities of other healthcare professionals. Graduate students in nursing, pharmacy, occupational therapy, and physical therapy participated in a two-hour ori-entation program. Students completed a validated pretest and posttest. Significant changes from pretest to posttest were found (p &lt; 0.001), except for one question which addressed the need to acquire more skills than others (p = 0.46). This study suggested that a short program can have a positive impact on student attitudes about IPE.</span>
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%K Attitudes
%K Interprofessional Education
%K Roles
%K Interprofessional Learning
%U http://www.oalib.com/paper/5293263