Teamwork is essential to provide quality services to individuals with disabilities (Morrison & Gleddie, 2019). Deficits across a variety of domains make interprofessional practice even more crucial (Dobbs-Oates & Morris, 2016). Interprofessional education (IPE) provides preprofessionals the opportunity to gain experience collaborating with various disciplines, better preparing them for interprofessional practice (Anderson et al., 2011; Ruebling, et al., 2014). Most IPE research has been completed with preprofessionals engaged in medical cases. The existing evidence for IPE in school-based settings is limited, which creates a gap for speech-language pathologists (SLPs) who are pursuing work in school-based settings. The first purpose of this study was to examine the perceptions and attitudes of participants following an IPE experience of a medical case with both quantitative and qualitative data. The second purpose of this study was to determine if a case could be adapted to a school-based setting. Seventy-one participants completed a survey following an IPE experience with eight later participating in a focus group. Preprofessionals self-reported interprofessional learning from the experience and recognized the importance of team interactions. The IPE experience was successfully adapted to a school-based case and in an initial program evaluation, perception of teamwork and interactions were also important. In both settings, preprofessionals rated themselves as having less bias towards others than others have towards their own disciplines. This study provides essential information regarding IPE for school-based settings that will ultimately benefit children with disabilities by encouraging interprofessional practice.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:BGMYU2/oai:scholarsarchive.byu.edu:etd-10680 |
| Date | 08 August 2022 |
| Creators | Mack, Brittney M. |
| Publisher | BYU ScholarsArchive |
| Source Sets | Brigham Young University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | Theses and Dissertations |
| Rights | https://lib.byu.edu/about/copyright/ |
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