title: Impact of an interprofessional communication course on nursing, medical, and pharmacy students' communication skill self-efficacy beliefs.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe an interprofessional communication course in an academic health sciences center and to evaluate and compare interpersonal and interprofessional communication self-efficacy beliefs of medical, nursing, and pharmacy students before and after course participation, using Bandura's self-efficacy theory as a guiding framework.
  
  
  METHODS
  First-year nursing (n=36), first-year medical (n=73), and second-year pharmacy students (n=83) enrolled in an interprofessional communication skills development course voluntarily completed a 33-item survey instrument based on Interprofessional Education Collaborative (IPEC) core competencies prior to and upon completion of the course during the fall semester of 2012.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Nursing students entered the course with higher interpersonal and interprofessional communication self-efficacy beliefs compared to medical and pharmacy students. Pharmacy students, in particular, noted significant improvements in communication self-efficacy beliefs across multiple domains postcourse.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Completion of an interprofessional communications course was associated with a positive impact on health professions students' interpersonal and interprofessional communication self-efficacy beliefs.
authors: Gatton College of Pharmacy, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee.
authors: Nicholas E
authors: NE
authors: Hagemeier
authors: Gatton College of Pharmacy, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee.
authors: Rick
authors: R
authors: Hess
authors: Gatton College of Pharmacy, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee.
authors: Kyle S
authors: KS
authors: Hagen
authors: Gatton College of Pharmacy, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee.
authors: Emily L
authors: EL
authors: Sorah
mesh_terms: D003142:Communication; D004501:Education, Medical / Q000379:methods; D004506:Education, Nursing / Q000379:methods; D004512:Education, Pharmacy / Q000379:methods; D004521:Educational Measurement; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D020377:Self Efficacy; D013337:Students, Medical / Q000523:psychology*; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D013339:Students, Pharmacy / Q000523:psychology*
keywords: Interprofessional communication; interpersonal communication; self-efficacy beliefs
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