The Effect of Interprofessional Critical Care Training on Interprofessional Knowledge and Perception: A Post-Test Evaluation Study | ||
| Journal of Medical Education and Practice | ||
| Volume 1, Issue 2, December 2024, Pages 26-34 PDF (408.97 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/JMEP.2025.406001 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Ehab Kamal1; Aisha Mahmoud Elsharkawy2; Mennatallah Ahmed Alnagdy3; Lobna A Elgamal* 4; Abla Abdalla5; Shaimaa Anis6; Nelly Hegazy7; Marwa Rashad Salem8 | ||
| 1Department of Tropical Medicine, National Research Center, Giza, Egypt. | ||
| 2Department of Research Ethics Committee, Central Administration for Research and Health Development, Cairo, Egypt. | ||
| 3Department of Medical Education Affairs, Minister of Health and Population, Cairo, Egypt. | ||
| 4Gamal Abdel Naser Insurance Hospital, Department of Intensive Care (ICU), Alexandria, Egypt. | ||
| 5Department of Intensive Care, Gamal Abdel Naser Insurance Hospital, Alexandria, Egypt. | ||
| 6Ministry of Health and Population, Egypt | ||
| 7Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Helwan University, Cairo, Egypt | ||
| 8Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: Studies demonstrate that interprofessional education (IPE) enhances knowledge, skills, and attitudes across healthcare disciplines and improves patient-centered outcomes. Objectives: the aim of this study was to evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of the IPE curriculum among healthcare professionals. Methods: The study was operation research using a posttest-evaluation design of an institution-wide IPE curriculum that was conducted at purposefully selected hospitals affiliated with MOHP. The study included 62 participants of health care providers. Nearly half of the participants (46.8%) were clinical pharmacists, 32.3% were critical care physicians and 21% were high nurses. Results: Clinical pharmacists demonstrate higher percentages in the pass score with statistically significant differences than high nurses and critical care physicians in module 1. The trainees showed positive perceptions of participants for IPE. The male participants and high nurses show higher mean total scores of IPE with no statistical significance difference. However, the participants of the curative sectors and institutions get higher mean total scores of IPE that are statistically significant than other workplaces. Conclusions: The high knowledge score post-intervention and positive perceptions of participants for IPE in our study solidify the extra benefit for IPE programs to be used by healthcare professionals more widely. This study endeavored to document a successful model of IPE implementation that could be replicated in other contexts. This may open the door for decision-makers and medical educators in Egypt to recognize the pressing need to start interprofessional education for healthcare practitioners early in undergraduate programs to improve the quality of patient care. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Critical Care; Interprofessional Education; Hospitals; Perception | ||
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