title: Cross-cultural adaptation of the Readiness for Interprofessional Learning Scale in Brazil.
abstract: Objective Conduct a cross-cultural adaptation of the expanded version of the 29-items Readiness for Interprofessional Learning Scale (RIPLS) into Brazilian Portuguese. Method Five steps were adopted: three translations, synthesis, three back-translations, assessment by an expert committee, and pre-test. Validation comprised 327 students from 13 undergraduate health courses from a public university. Parallel analyses were conducted using the R software and factor analysis using Exploratory Structural Equation Modeling. Results 1 9 12 16 10 11 17 19 21 24 25 29 Conclusion Evidences were found relating to the validity of the RIPLS version in Brazilian Portuguese in its application in the national context.
authors.affiliation: Escola de Enfermagem, Universidade de Sao Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.
authors.forename: Marina
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Peduzzi
authors.affiliation: Nightingale School of Nursing and Midwifery, King's College London, London, UK.
authors.forename: Ian
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Norman
authors.affiliation: Florence Nightingale School of Nursing and Midwifery, King's College London, London, UK.
authors.forename: Samantha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Coster
authors.affiliation: Laboratorio de Instrumentos e Avaliacao Psicologica, Centro de Ciencias da Saude, Universidade Federal do Reconcavo da Bahia, Cruz das Almas, BA, Brasil.
authors.forename: Everson
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Meireles