Vije Kumar Rajput, Mette Kjer Kaltoft, Jack Dowie
A Multi-Criterial Support Tool for the Multimorbidity Decision in General Practice
Studies in health technology and informatics
interprofessional collaboration essential approach comprehensive patient care previous studies argued interprofessional education ipe must integrated stepwise systematic manner undergraduate health profession education programmes given perspective firstyear ipe critical opportunity building foundation interprofessional collaborative practice study aims explore firstyear students learning processes longitudinal changes perceptions learning yearlong ipe programme data collected japanese medical university different pedagogical approaches adopted ipe programme approaches include interprofessional problembased learning early exposure interactive lecturebased teaching students required submit written reflections formative assessment study conducted inductive thematic analysis 104 written reflections series eportfolios 26 firstyear students themes related learning outcomes student perspectives included communication eg active listening intelligible explanation teams teamwork eg mutual engagement leadership rolesresponsibilities group member eg selfdirected learning information literacy rolesresponsibilities health professional eg understanding students professional mutual respect interprofessional team study also indicated three perspectives students learning process different stages ipe ie processes students became active responsible learners emphasised enhancement teamwork developed interprofessional identities study revealed firstyear students learning processes yearlong ipe programme clarified role firstyear ipe programme within overall curriculum findings suggest students active participation ipe programme facilitated fundamental understanding communicationteamwork identity formation health professional interprofessional collaborative practice