Koo Kaitlin, Di Prospero Lisa, Barker Ruth, Sinclair Lynne, McGuffin Merrylee, Ng Alita, Szumacher Ewa
Department of Radiation Oncology, Odette Cancer Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, 2075 Bayview Avenue, Toronto, ON, M4N 3 M5, Canada.
J Cancer Educ. 2014 Jun;29(2):350-7. doi: 10.1007/s13187-014-0614-1.
The purposes of this exploratory study were to investigate the attitudes of radiation oncology professionals regarding interprofessional (IP) teaching and interprofessional education (IPE), to identify the challenges faced by radiation oncologists who teach within an IP context, and to discover new strategies to aid professionals teaching IP students. A questionnaire was developed through the review of existing literature on IPE using Medline. The proposed group of questions was selected by educators from different professions actively involved in IPE. The final revised questionnaire consisted of three main domains assessing the understanding of IP concepts, attitudes toward IP teaching and learning environments, and attitudes toward health-care teams. An open-ended comment section was included. The questionnaire was administered to health-care professionals (physicists, radiation oncologists, and radiation therapists) nationally through SurveyMonkey® (electronic survey). A total of 220 respondents provided demographic information. Half of these respondents indicated that they previously received education relating to IPE. A high level of agreement was received for nearly all the questions. There were no significant statistical differences among the three different professional respondent groups for any question. Overall, most of the respondents demonstrated a good knowledge and understanding of IP concepts and advocated IP training and collaboration.
这项探索性研究的目的是调查放射肿瘤学专业人员对跨专业教学和跨专业教育（IPE）的态度，确定在跨专业背景下进行教学的放射肿瘤学家所面临的挑战，并探索帮助专业人员对跨专业学生进行教学的新策略。通过使用Medline对现有的IPE文献进行综述，编制了一份调查问卷。提议的问题组由积极参与IPE的不同专业的教育工作者选定。最终修订的调查问卷包括三个主要领域，评估对跨专业概念的理解、对跨专业教学和学习环境的态度以及对医疗团队的态度。问卷还设有一个开放式评论部分。通过SurveyMonkey®（电子调查）向全国的医疗保健专业人员（物理学家、放射肿瘤学家和放射治疗师）发放了问卷。共有220名受访者提供了人口统计学信息。其中一半的受访者表示他们之前接受过与IPE相关的教育。几乎所有问题都得到了高度认可。对于任何问题，三个不同专业的受访者群体之间均无显著的统计学差异。总体而言，大多数受访者对跨专业概念有良好的认识和理解，并倡导跨专业培训与合作。
