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- Title
QUALITATIVE ASSESSMENT OF THE ATTITUDES, BELIEFS, AND INTENTIONS OF RESPIRATORY THERAPY FACULTY TOWARDS INTERPROFESSIONAL EDUCATION.
- Authors
Vernon, Mario M.; Moore, Nicole M.; Cummins, Lisa-Anne; Reyes, Stephanie E.; Mazzoli, Andrew J.; De Leo, Gianluca
- Abstract
Background: Interprofessional education (IPE) improves collaboration and patient care through joint education between health professions. We designed a survey to evaluate the knowledge, beliefs, attitudes, and intentions of respiratory therapy (RT) faculty towards interprofessional education. We explored current IPE offering among faculty from different types programs and evaluated reported opportunities and barriers to IPE inclusion within respiratory therapy education. Methods: We developed an online survey based on interprofessional education literature and questions modified for the RT discipline. The survey was distributed by email to 874 faculty from CoARC accredited programs. Tag Crowd ™ was used to initially review the qualitative data for QA purposes and thematic responses. Two independent reviews examined responses to "What do you see as a barrier(s) to implement 1PF. within your program?" and " What are the opportunities for implementing IPE within your program?" for common responses and themes. The reviews were then collated, and the top three responses agreed upon. Institutional Review Board approval was attained from Augusta University. Results; Response rate was 31.35% (n = 287). Faculty identified IPE as an important component of RT education (n = 207, 80% of responses), but reported challenges in integrating IPE into current curriculum. Significant differences between Associates and Bachelor/Master's degree program faculty were found on the following topics (p< 0.05): institutional resources for IPE, faculty availability, curriculum availability for IPE, and importance of including IPE at academic health center campuses. For the qualitative responses, 188 (65.6%) of faculty responded to barriers, and 168 (58.5%) to opportunities. Utilizing TagCrowd, the top three barriers were related the overall program, scheduling difficulties, and faculty related concerns, the top three opportunities reported were to increase simulation opportunities, provide interdisciplinary training with students, and collaborating with nursing programs. Conclusions: IPE is recognized as an important component for RT education. Bachelor and Masters degree faculty responded significantly higher on knowledge and beliefs about IPE than Associates degree faculty. Responses indicate barriers related to schedule and faculty attitudes; perceived opportunities included collaboration with nursing programs and increasing simulation training opportunities. Sponsored Research - None
- Publication
Respiratory Care, 2016, Vol 61, Issue 10, pOF48
- ISSN
0020-1324
- Publication type
Academic Journal