title: Student attitudes toward a web-based interprofessional education package.
abstract: The objective of this study was to examine undergraduate health science students' attitudes toward interprofessional learning using a web-based interprofessional education package.
  
  
  METHODS
  A before and after study of student attitudes toward a web-based interprofessional education package was conducted using the 17-item Readiness for Interprofessional Learning Scale (RIPLS). Students completed the RIPLS before and after the educational package.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Forty-six students commenced the study with 2 students failing to complete. The group contained mostly females with a mean age of 22.6 yrs. A statistically significant change was found for RIPLS subscale one, "shared learning," p=0.035.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study demonstrated that a web-based interprofessional education package did appear to have an impact on undergraduate students' attitudes toward interprofessional learning.
authors.affiliation: Department of Community, Emergency Health and Paramedic Practice, Monash University Peninsula Campus, PO Box 527, McMahons Road, Frankston, VIC 3199, Australia. malcolm.boyle@monash.edu
authors.forename: Malcolm
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Boyle
authors.forename: Brett
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.forename: Ted
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: Lisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: McKenna
authors.forename: Claire
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Palermo
authors.forename: Liz
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Molloy
authors.forename: Vanessa
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Webb
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003194:Computer-Assisted Instruction; D004517:Education, Professional / Q000379:methods*; D004521:Educational Measurement; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D007858:Learning; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013336:Students, Health Occupations / Q000523:psychology*