title: Health Professions Students' Perceptions of Their IPE Program: Potential Barriers to Student Engagement with IPE Goals.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Extensive evaluative efforts are underway to explore nuances of interprofessional education (IPE). Few studies, however, have utilized methodology that includes multiple interviews with students of various health disciplines, thereby potentially concealing factors that may be impacting students' attitudes and perceptions of IPE. By focusing on the students' perspectives, this case study explores potential barriers and facilitators to students' engagement with their IPE program.
  
  
  METHODS
  In-depth, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 20 students from six health disciplines at the ends of years 1 and 2 of their IPE program. Data were analyzed utilizing multi-step coding processes to identify patterns of students' perceptions and attitudes.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Elements that were internal and external to the IPE program (e.g., assignments, time constraints, lack of accountability, anticipatory socialization, and insufficient professional identity formation) were found to impact students' perceptions of the program and possibly their engagement with IPE goals.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This case study sheds new light on how factors related to an IPE program's structure and implementation, as well as factors outside the program, may affect students' perceptions of IPE and perhaps even their willingness and ability to engage in interprofessionalism.
authors.affiliation: Dep. of Sociology, University of Delaware, 18 Amstel Ave, Smith Hall, Newark, DE 19716, USA. Tel 3028311205. bmichal@udel.edu.
authors.forename: Barret
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Michalec
authors.forename: Carolyn
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Giordano
authors.forename: Brandie
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Pugh
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Arenson
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Speakman
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006281:Health Occupations / Q000193:education* / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D058025:Interdisciplinary Studies / Q000592:standards*; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D008611:Mentors; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D015397:Program Evaluation; D013336:Students, Health Occupations / Q000523:psychology*