Interprofessional educator ambassadors: An empirical study of motivation and added value

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Practice points

Involvement in IPE benefits educators through widening their appreciation of other disciplines Interprofessional teaching widens teaching skills and teaching repertoires Teaching mixed students groups is challenging and rewarding IPE can benefit the wider faculty through working associations with other health and social care schools Educators who lead and become involved in IPE can influence teaching quality.

Figure 1. Research design.

Figure 2. Data Collection Instruments used in each Stage. Stage one: Focus group Question. Stage two: Interview schedule. Stage three: extracts from the Questionnaire.

Figure 3. Coding the perceptions of educators on the impacts of their involvement in Interprofessional Education.

Table 1.  Experienced IPE teachers: retrospective interviews and focus groups

Professional background	Teaching role	Age range	Gender
One-to-one interviews
ODP	Lecturer	50–59	Male
Nurse (ward sister)	Practice teacher	40–49	Female
General practitioner	Senior lecturer	50–59	Female
Health visitor	Practice teacher	60	Female
Midwife	Lecturer/practitioner	40–49	Female
Social work	Lecturer	40–49	Female
S&LT	Principal lecturer	40–49	Female
Midwifery	Academic lecturer	50–59	Female
Consultant paediatrician	Senior lecturer	40–50	Female
Focus group members
Occupational therapy	Academic lecturer	40–49	Female
Nurse	Academic senior lecturer	40–49	Female
Nurse	Academic coordinator	40–49	Female
Social work	Academic principal	50–59	Female
ODP	Academic coordinator	30–39	Female
Medical/GP	Practitioner/educator	40–49	Male
Midwife	Lecturer	40–49	Female
Nurse	Lecturer	30–39	Female
Nurse	Senior lecturer	40–49	Female
OT	Lecturer	40–49	Female
OT	Senior lecturer	40-49	Female
Nurse	Practitioner/lecturer	60	Female
Nurse	Practitioner/lecturer	30–39	Female
Nurse	Practitioner/lecturer	40–59	Female
Health visitor	Practitioner	50–59	Female
Midwife	Practitioner	40–49	Female
Nurse	Practitioner/lecturer	40–49	Male
Nurse	Practitioner/lecturer	40–49	Female
Health visitor	Practitioner/teacher	60+	Female
Social worker	Practice teacher	60+	Female

Table 2.  Details of experienced IPE educators who returned questionnaires

Professional background	Teaching role	Age range	Gender
Midwife A	Senior lecturer	40–49	Female
Midwife B	Senior lecturer	40–49	Female
Social worker A	Senior lecturer	30–39	Male
Nurse	Academic lecturer	40–49	Female
Pharmacist	Professor	50–59	Male
Nurse	Academic senior lecturer	Missing	Female
Midwife C	Senior lecturer	50–59	Female
Podiatrist	Academic senior lecturer	40–49	Female
Nurse	Practitioner/educator	30–39	Female
Nurse	Academic senior lecturer	50–59	Female
OT	Academic senior lecturer	50–59	Female
OT	Principal lecturer	40–49	Female
Nurse	Ward manager	50–59	Female
Consultant elderly	Senior lecturer	40–49	Male
Nurse	Senior staff nurse/educator	50–59	Female
Nurse	Hospital nurse/educator	30–39	Female
S&LT	Academic lecturer	30–39	Female
Nurse	Academic senior lecturer	50–59	Male
Nurse	Practice educator	30–39	Male
Nurse	Academic senior lecturer	40–49	Female
Midwife	Lead midwife education	50–59	Female
OT	Academic senior lecturer	50–59	Female
Podiatrist	Academic senior lecturer	40–49	Male
Social work B	Senior lecturer	50–59	Female
Nurse	Academic senior lecturer	30–39	Female
Nurse	Senior lecturer	50–59	Female
Nurse	Consultant nurse	30–39	Male
Nurse	Community senior tutor	60+	Female
Social worker C	Senior lecturer	50–59	Female