Exploring perceptions of medical students about interprofessional education (IPE): a qualitative study

作者：Ying Xing, Chengrui Zhang, Tao Jin, Wei Luan · 发表于：BMC Medical Education · 年份：2024 · DOI：10.1186/s12909-024-06590-w · 被引用次数：8 · 研究领域：Interprofessional Education and Collaboration、Innovations in Medical Education、Interdisciplinary Research and Collaboration

BACKGROUND: Integration of clinical medicine and other subjects has laid more emphasis on the cultivation of high-quality medical talents, with the increasing demand for interprofessional education (IPE). IPE has been promoted by a number of universities to create and sustain authentic IPE activities, with which students can engage. Although IPE has achieved certain results, there are still many problems. Many studies focused on the perspective of educators without understanding the essential needs and experience of students. This study intends to focus on the implementation of IPE from the perspective of medical students. PURPOSE: To describe the interprofessional experiences of medical students and provide a reference for the development of interprofessional education programs for medical students. METHODS: A descriptive qualitative study was conducted in 2023, using purposive sampling to select medical students who had interprofessional learning experiences for semi-structured interviews. The study used a phenomenological approach and Colaizzi's phenomenological method for analyzing and summarizing the interprofessional experiences and perceptions to extract themes. RESULTS: The interprofessional experiences of medical students were distilled into five themes: "cognition and attitude", "practice and collaboration", "motivation and drive", "difficulty and challenge", and "expectation and vision". Students reported their experience and found interprofessional learning benefi...