title: Interprofessional experiences and attitudes toward interprofessional health care teams among health sciences students.
abstract: This study examined how the interprofessional experience, including education and practice, affects graduate health science students' attitudes toward interprofessional practice in health care teams. Data were collected from 227 graduate students, using the Attitudes toward Health Care Teams (ATHCT) scale. Both social work and other health science students had positive attitudes toward interprofessional collaboration with regard to its ability to improve the quality of a patient's care. The results from hierarchical linear regression analyses demonstrated that female students, older students, and students with longer interprofessional practice experiences had more positive attitudes toward interprofessional collaboration in health care teams. Based on these results, implications for interprofessional education are discussed.
authors: a School of Social Work , University of Maryland , Baltimore , Maryland , USA.
authors: Jungyai
authors: J
authors: Ko
authors: Marie
authors: M
authors: Bailey-Kloch
authors: Kyeongmo
authors: K
authors: Kim
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006281:Health Occupations / Q000193:education; D006801:Humans; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D008297:Male; D010348:Patient Care Team; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D012947:Social Work / Q000193:education; D013336:Students, Health Occupations / Q000523:psychology*
keywords: health care students; hospital social work; interprofessional collaboration; interprofessional education; interprofessional practice