title: Impact of Interprofessional Education Among Nursing and Paramedic Students.
abstract: Simulation-based interprofessional education is beneficial, but it is not clear whether the nature of the simulation has any impact. A pretest and posttest study was conducted among nursing (n = 131) and paramedic (n = 58) students participating in mass casualty incident (MCI) simulations versus handoff communication simulations. Nursing students had better attitudes toward interprofessional education, as well as higher levels of satisfaction and self-confidence, after handoff communication simulations in comparison with MCI simulations. Active participation in clinical simulations appears to have a greater positive impact on nursing students.
authors.affiliation: Author Affiliations: Clinical Nurse Specialist (Ms Furseth), Sharp Coronado Hospital, California; and Professor (Dr Taylor), School of Nursing, Point Loma Nazarene University, San Diego, California; and Professor (Dr Kim), St. David's School of Nursing, Texas State University, Round Rock.
authors.forename: Paula A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Furseth
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Taylor
authors.forename: Son Chae
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D000488:Allied Health Personnel / Q000193:education* / Q000523:psychology*; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003142:Communication; D004506:Education, Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D054527:Mass Casualty Incidents; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D062209:Patient Handoff; D016544:Patient Simulation; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D020377:Self Efficacy; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology*