Dallaire Louis-François, Rhéaume Caroline, Vézina Lucie
Department of Family Medicine and Emergency Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Université Laval, Québec, Canada.
Centre de recherché de l'Institut universitaire de cardiologie et de pneumologie de Québec, Québec, Canada.
Can Med Educ J. 2018 Jul 27;9(3):e25-e40. eCollection 2018 Jul.
Interdisciplinary teaching (IDT) is the norm in Canadian family medicine residency programs. Literature on IDT reports many academic, collaborative and organizational benefits, but little is known about family medicine residents' own perspectives of IDT. The purpose of this study was to explore family medicine residents' points of view on IDT in family medicine teaching units (FMTU).
A mixed methods design combined interviews and self-completed online questionnaires to explore participants' perceptions of IDT during residency. Content analysis was conducted on the qualitative data and univariate analysis statistical tests on means and proportions were conducted on the quantitative survey questions.
A total of 125 family medicine residents from 12 FMTU affiliated with Université Laval (Quebec City) participated in the study (11 interviews and 114 online questionnaires). Participants perceived significant benefits of IDT, including clinical knowledge, complementary perspectives and interprofessional collaboration skills. However, they believe that IDT works best when the educators adapt their teaching to the specific needs of residents in family medicine.
These findings support those of previous IDT research and highlight the positive impacts of interdisciplinary education in family medicine residency, especially on interprofessional collaboration. IDT should remain an essential component of the family medicine curricula.
跨学科教学（IDT）在加拿大家庭医学住院医师培训项目中是常态。关于跨学科教学的文献报道了许多学术、协作和组织方面的益处，但对于家庭医学住院医师对跨学科教学的自身看法却知之甚少。本研究的目的是探讨家庭医学住院医师对家庭医学教学单元（FMTU）中跨学科教学的观点。
采用混合方法设计，结合访谈和自我完成的在线问卷，以探讨参与者在住院医师培训期间对跨学科教学的看法。对定性数据进行内容分析，对定量调查问题进行均值和比例的单变量分析统计测试。
来自拉瓦尔大学（魁北克市）附属的12个家庭医学教学单元的125名家庭医学住院医师参与了该研究（11次访谈和114份在线问卷）。参与者认为跨学科教学有显著益处，包括临床知识、互补观点和跨专业协作技能。然而，他们认为当教育工作者根据家庭医学住院医师的特定需求调整教学时，跨学科教学效果最佳。
这些发现支持了先前跨学科教学研究的结果，并突出了跨学科教育在家庭医学住院医师培训中的积极影响，特别是对跨专业协作的影响。跨学科教学应仍然是家庭医学课程的重要组成部分。
