a Department of Medical Rehabilitation (Physiotherapy) , College of Medical Sciences, University of Maiduguri , Maiduguri , Borno State , Nigeria.
J Interprof Care. 2019 May-Jun;33(3):336-342. doi: 10.1080/13561820.2019.1605980. Epub 2019 Apr 28.
This study assessed attitudes of undergraduate healthcare students in Nigeria toward interprofessional practice. A cross-sectional survey of a convenience sample of 489 dental, medical, medical laboratory science, nursing, physiotherapy, and radiography students from a public university was conducted. The 14-item Attitudes Toward Healthcare Teamwork Scale was used to assess the students' attitudes. Data were summarized using descriptive statistics while differences in attitudes based on students' age, gender, year of study, and course of study were identified using inferential statistics. The findings showed that there were more (= 281; 57.5%) male respondents and mean age was 25 years. Mean attitude score was 53.75 (±7.41) out of 70 depicting an overall positive attitude. Year and course of study resulted in statistically significant (< .001) differences in attitudes with students in the sixth year of study, and medical students having more positive attitudes than their colleagues in junior years and other courses respectively. Most students agreed that interprofessional practice facilitates optimal patient care but also agreed with statements that portray interprofessional practice as unnecessarily time consuming. Integration of interprofessional education into existing undergraduate healthcare professions curricula in Nigeria could help address misconceptions and reinforce positive attitudes toward interprofessional practice.
本研究评估了尼日利亚本科医疗保健专业学生对跨专业实践的态度。采用便利抽样法对一所公立大学的 489 名牙科、医学、医学实验室科学、护理、物理治疗和放射学专业的学生进行了横断面调查。使用 14 项医疗团队合作态度量表来评估学生的态度。使用描述性统计数据总结数据，同时使用推断统计学确定学生的年龄、性别、学习年限和课程对态度的差异。研究结果显示，男性受访者更多（= 281；57.5%），平均年龄为 25 岁。平均态度得分为 70 分中的 53.75 分（±7.41），总体上表现出积极的态度。学习年限和课程导致态度存在统计学上的显著差异（<.001），第六年学习的学生和医学专业的学生比其他低年级和其他课程的学生态度更为积极。大多数学生同意跨专业实践有助于实现最佳的患者护理，但也同意那些认为跨专业实践不必要地耗时的说法。将跨专业教育纳入尼日利亚现有的本科医疗保健专业课程中，可以帮助纠正对跨专业实践的误解，并加强对跨专业实践的积极态度。
