Institute for Anatomy and Cell Biology, Department of Molecular Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Albertstraße 17, 79104 Freiburg, Germany; Furtwangen University, Faculty of Health, Safety and Society, Robert-Gerwig-Platz 1, 78120 Furtwangen, Germany; Gesundheitsschulen Südwest GmbH, Konrad-Goldmann-Straße 7, 79100 Freiburg, Germany.
Furtwangen University, Faculty of Health, Safety and Society, Robert-Gerwig-Platz 1, 78120 Furtwangen, Germany.
Ann Anat. 2022 Feb;240:151850. doi: 10.1016/j.aanat.2021.151850. Epub 2021 Nov 9.
Interprofessional education (IPE) for medical and healthcare professions is highly relevant. It increases knowledge and skills, but also helps to foster the development of collaboration, which is essential for optimal patient care. One important aspect of IPE is to better understand profession's individual attitudes and perceptions towards interprofessionalism and the expected roles and skills for future collaboration in the context of patient care.
We offered IPE workshops using a peer assisted learning approach, with the focus on anatomy in the area of the lower back and hip. The workshops were attended by medical and physiotherapy students and consisted of three consecutive training sessions with the topics anatomical prosections, anatomy in vivo and orthopedics testing. We focused on student's attitudes and perceptions regarding the relevance of IPE and their expected skills in interprofessionalism. An established questionnaire was used as an instrument for self-assessment before and after the interprofessional experience. To evaluate for significance, analysis was carried out for all groups on pre- and post-course item mean differences.
Pre-post score comparison for all groups combined demonstrated significant increase in terms of perceptions and attitudes for several items related to interprofessionalism and interprofessional skills. Medical and physiotherapy students rated themselves significantly higher for different questionnaire items. Students, who had obtained a professional qualification prior to their current studies, rated themselves significantly higher on certain items compared to those who had not.
The results from this brief interprofessional anatomy experience are encouraging. The course led to meaningful improvements in competencies that are highly relevant for effective interprofessional collaboration in the future. Furthermore, identification of differences in professional group perceptions can be useful for development of future IPE workshops.
医学和医疗保健专业的跨专业教育（IPE）非常重要。它不仅增加了知识和技能，还有助于培养合作精神，这对提供最佳的患者护理至关重要。IPE 的一个重要方面是更好地了解各个专业对跨专业主义的态度和看法，以及在患者护理背景下对未来合作的预期角色和技能。
我们采用同伴辅助学习的方法提供 IPE 研讨会，重点是下背部和臀部的解剖学。医学和物理治疗专业的学生参加了这些研讨会，研讨会由三个连续的培训课程组成，主题是解剖标本、活体解剖和骨科测试。我们关注学生对 IPE 的相关性以及他们对跨专业主义的预期技能的态度和看法。使用既定的问卷作为自我评估工具，在跨专业经验前后进行评估。为了评估显著性，对所有组的课前和课后项目均值差异进行了分析。
所有组的前后评分比较表明，与跨专业主义和跨专业技能相关的几个项目的认知和态度有显著提高。医学和物理治疗专业的学生对不同问卷项目的自我评估显著提高。与那些没有专业资格的学生相比，那些在当前学习之前已经获得专业资格的学生在某些项目上的自我评价显著更高。
这个短暂的跨专业解剖学经验的结果令人鼓舞。该课程导致了对未来有效跨专业合作非常重要的能力的显著提高。此外，确定不同专业群体认知的差异对于未来 IPE 研讨会的发展可能是有用的。
