Students’ perceptions of interprofessional collaboration on the care of diabetes: A qualitative study

The impact of interprofessional education on students' current and desired competence in diabetes care

“…Our findings may stem from the course's practical approach, utilizing the clinical experiences during the course. Various patient cases were encountered in real healthcare settings and were discussed immediately with the professionals present and afterwards in interprofessional seminars with experts from several professions (Kangas et al, 2021 ). This kind of experiential active learning, with clinic visits and case presentations, has been considered particularly valuable in IPE settings (Darlow et al, 2016 ).…”

“…The participants were undergraduate second‐ or third‐year nursing students ( n = 15) and fifth‐ or sixth‐year medical students ( n = 15), who had previously finished their mandatory studies in diabetes care. The students were enrolled in a voluntary, clinical experience and active learning oriented interprofessional course of diabetes management and an associated study (Supporting Information 1 ), as described in detail previously (Kangas et al, 2021 ). An email with information on the upcoming voluntary IPE course and the associated study was sent to the nearly graduating nursing and medical students.…”

“…In addition, a web‐based tool, provided by the National Finnish Diabetes Association (Finnish Diabetes Association), was used for the self‐assessment of the students' current and targeted competence in diabetes management before and after the course. The tool includes 13 competence‐areas of interprofessional diabetes management, rated from 0 = no competence to 5 = specialized competence, as described in detail previously (Kangas et al, 2021 ). The control groups performed the same knowledge test and self‐evaluation once, after finishing their mandatory diabetes education.…”

“…The patients involved in the students' clinic visits, and the participating and non‐participating students were informed of the study protocol, of their rights and the anonymity and confidentiality in the study. Informed consent was obtained from all the participants prior to enrollment in the study (Kangas et al, 2021 ). The study was conducted according to the good scientific practice guidelines (The Finnish Advisory Board on Research Integrity, 2012 ), and The Code of Ethics of the World Medical Association ( 2017 ).…”

Effectiveness of Conducting Interprofessional Education Virtually among Pharmacy and Medical Students

“…There are also findings showing that an IPE experience encourages students to collaborate and familiarize themselves with one another before entering the clinical workplace [14]. Next, Kangas et al [15] found that IPE helped to improve healthcare professional students' self-perceived abilities and confidence when they were assigned to work as a team for patient care.…”