Title |
Internal consistency of the readiness for interprofessional learning scale in German health care students and professionals
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Published in |
BMC Medical Education, July 2014
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DOI | 10.1186/1472-6920-14-145 |
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Authors |
Cornelia Mahler, Justine Rochon, Sven Karstens, Joachim Szecsenyi, Katja Hermann |
Abstract |
The implementation of a bachelor degree in "Interprofessional Health Care" at the University of Heidelberg, Germany has fostered the need to evaluate the impact of this innovative programme. The Readiness for Interprofessional Learning Scale (RIPLS) was developed by Parsell and Bligh (1999) to assess student's attitudes towards interprofessional education. The RIPLS consists of 19 items and four subscales were identified by McFadyen McFadyen (J Interprof Care 19:595-603, 2005): "teamwork and collaboration", "negative professional identity", "positive professional identity" and "roles and responsibilities". The RIPLS has been translated into a number of languages and used in a variety of different educational settings. A German version of the RIPLS was not available. Aim of the study was the translation of the RIPLS into German and testing of internal consistency. |
X Demographics
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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United Kingdom | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
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Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
Chile | 1 | <1% |
Unknown | 128 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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Student > Ph. D. Student | 18 | 14% |
Lecturer | 14 | 11% |
Researcher | 14 | 11% |
Student > Master | 14 | 11% |
Student > Bachelor | 12 | 9% |
Other | 30 | 23% |
Unknown | 28 | 22% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Medicine and Dentistry | 30 | 23% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 25 | 19% |
Social Sciences | 18 | 14% |
Psychology | 11 | 8% |
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 4 | 3% |
Other | 14 | 11% |
Unknown | 28 | 22% |