| Author/s | Coulman S, John D, Jenkins A, Wilkins S, Sweetland H, Hayes J, Coulson J, Thompson J, Routledge PA |
| Year | 2014 |
| Type of publication | Journal article |
| Link | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sapharm.2014.07.143 |
| Abstract | Methods Anonymous self-complete questionnaires were provided to medical and pharmacy students (n=393) who participated in therapeutics and prescribing IPE sessions (2012/13). The session was developed and facilitated by medical and pharmacy faculty. Semi-structured interviews were used to obtain more detailed views from students using non-purposive and convenience sampling. Audio-recorded interviews were transcribed. Data were analysed using content analysis. University ethics committee approval was Results 380 completed questionnaires were received (97% response), 200 from medical and 177 from pharmacy students (3 did not state). The most frequently reported positive aspects from both groups were working with another profession (n=212), therapeutics knowledge (195), medicines history-taking (138) and learning a new approach (121). The most common suggestions for improvements were allocation of partners (73), more preparation prior to session (70), clinical scenarios (45), additional sessions (42) Conclusion The combination of methods has identified with sufficient detail what works well and what needs amendment. Work has already started on making future changes and discussions are underway on increasing IPE in both curricula. |