Maurizio Aragrande, Massimo Canali
Integrating epidemiological and economic models to identify the cost of foodborne diseases
Experimental parasitology
purpose purpose study assess attitudes dental hygiene administrators faculty members value interprofessional education ipe within dental hygiene curricula determine whether administrator faculty perspectives associated professional role gender experience knowledge ipe use collaborative teaching strategiesmethods 34question survey used evaluate dental hygiene administrators faculty knowledge attitudes practices related ipe electronic surveys distributed 224 program directors faculty members entrylevel dental hygiene programs located within northeast region united states responses tabulated analyzed using statistical package social sciences 23 descriptive statistics spearmans rho correlation coefficient ordinal regression analyses used report survey itemresults response rate 41 n91 overall respondents viewed interprofessional pedagogy high regard administrators faculty agreed ipe would enhance views towards professions benefit patients assist students becoming effective members health care teams although basis perspectives distributed 36 attributed favor working professionals significant correlations found respondent attitudes understanding use collaborative education strategies knowledge levels ranged limited 38 adequate 58 approximately half respondents 48 reported initial stages incorporating ipe curriculumconclusion majority dental hygiene administrators faculty members surveyed see value significance using ipe effectively prepare students enter collaborative workforce perspectives demonstrate dental hygiene appropriate path incorporating interprofessional strategies program curricula