Jacobsen Flemming, Lindqvist Susanne
The Interprofessional Training Unit, Clinic of Orthopaedics, Holstebro Region Hospital, Denmark.
J Interprof Care. 2009 May;23(3):242-50. doi: 10.1080/13561820902739858.
Attitudes amongst health professionals can impact on the effectiveness of teamworking and patient care. Interprofessional education (IPE) is thought to contribute to the development of positive attitudes. An Interprofessional Training Unit (ITU) was set up to create an optimal learning environment for healthcare students. Students' attitudes were assessed, using a version of the Attitudes to Health Professionals Questionnaire (AHPQ) that had been translated into the students' native language. This paper describes the process undertaken to obtain a trustworthy translation. One hundred and sixty two students from occupational therapy, physiotherapy, medicine and nursing completed the questionnaire before and after their stay at the ITU. Their responses were analysed in relation to the constructs "caring" and "subservient" from the validated English version of AHPQ. Echoing earlier studies elsewhere, at the beginning students viewed doctors as being the least "caring" and the least "subservient" professional group. Nurses were seen by the students as being the most "caring" and the most "subservient" profession. After the ITU experience students viewed most professions as more "caring" and less "subservient", apart from doctors, who were seen as being more subservient after the ITU experience. This study indicates that an IPE initiative such as the ITU can impact positively on students' attitudes and that the translated AHPQ can be used to monitor this attitudinal change.
卫生专业人员的态度会影响团队协作和患者护理的效果。跨专业教育（IPE）被认为有助于培养积极的态度。为此设立了一个跨专业培训单元（ITU），为医学生创造一个最佳的学习环境。使用已翻译成学生母语的《对卫生专业人员态度问卷》（AHPQ）版本对学生的态度进行评估。本文描述了获得可靠翻译所采取的过程。来自职业治疗、物理治疗、医学和护理专业的162名学生在ITU学习前后完成了问卷。根据经过验证的AHPQ英文版中的“关怀”和“顺从”结构对他们的回答进行了分析。与其他地方早期的研究结果一致，一开始学生们认为医生是最缺乏“关怀”和最不“顺从”的专业群体。学生们认为护士是最“关怀”和最“顺从”的职业。在经历了ITU的学习后，除了医生（在ITU学习后被认为更顺从）之外，学生们认为大多数专业人员更“关怀”且更不“顺从”。这项研究表明，像ITU这样的IPE举措可以对学生的态度产生积极影响，并且翻译后的AHPQ可用于监测这种态度变化。
