School of Social Work, Simmons University.
School of Social Policy and Practice, University of Pennsylvania.
Fam Syst Health. 2022 Dec;40(4):513-518. doi: 10.1037/fsh0000762.
Evidence suggests that the development and implementation of interprofessional skills can positively impact culturally congruent practice among providers and patients, improving access and quality of care. Exploring the relationship between interprofessional skills and culturally congruent practice within health profession education can inform curricular efforts that better prepare the emerging workforce to provide accessible, high-quality care.
This study examined if interprofessional skills predict culturally congruent practice behaviors in an interprofessional health care simulation with Master of Social Work and Master of Science in Nursing students (N = 79). Simple linear regressions were conducted to evaluate whether interprofessional skills, across five domains (team structure, leadership, situation monitoring, mutual support, and communication) in the Performance Assessment Communication and Teamwork, significantly predicted culturally congruent practice behaviors, overall and across three subscales (culturally specific care; cultural assessment; and culturally sensitive and professionally appropriate attitudes, values, and beliefs), in the Cultural Competence Clinical Evaluation Tool-Student Version.
Among the sample, the interprofessional skill domains of leadership, situation monitoring, and communication predicted culturally congruent practice behaviors overall. Additionally, results indicated that communication predicted culturally specific care; team structure, leadership, situation monitoring, mutual support, and communication predicted cultural assessment; and communication, situation monitoring, and leadership predicted culturally sensitive and professionally appropriate attitudes, values, and beliefs.
Opportunities to learn and practice interprofessional skills within health profession curricula may predict Master of Social Work and Master of Science in Nursing students' culturally congruent practice behaviors; implications and limitations are discussed. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved).
有证据表明，跨专业技能的发展和实施可以积极影响提供者和患者之间文化一致的实践，从而改善医疗服务的可及性和质量。探索健康职业教育中跨专业技能与文化一致实践之间的关系，可以为课程设置提供信息，使新兴劳动力更好地为提供可及、高质量的护理做好准备。
本研究通过社会工作硕士和护理科学硕士学生（N=79）的跨专业医疗模拟，考察了跨专业技能是否可以预测文化一致的实践行为。采用简单线性回归来评估五个领域（团队结构、领导能力、情况监测、相互支持和沟通）的跨专业技能是否可以预测文化一致的实践行为，整体上以及在三个子量表（特定文化的护理；文化评估；以及文化敏感和专业适当的态度、价值观和信念）上。
在样本中，领导能力、情况监测和沟通等跨专业技能领域可以预测文化一致的实践行为。此外，研究结果表明，沟通可以预测特定文化的护理；团队结构、领导能力、情况监测、相互支持和沟通可以预测文化评估；沟通、情况监测和领导能力可以预测文化敏感和专业适当的态度、价值观和信念。
在健康职业课程中学习和实践跨专业技能的机会可能会预测社会工作硕士和护理科学硕士学生的文化一致的实践行为；讨论了其影响和局限性。
