The effects of an IPS-based IPE program on interprofessional socialization and dual identity development

ABSTRACT

The purpose of this study was to assess the effect of an interprofessional socialization (IPS) based interprofessional education (IPE) program intervention on health professions students’ IPS process and dual identity development. Despite the growing acknowledgment of IPS in recent literature, there is a paucity of research investigating socialization processes learners move through in order to develop dual identity – professional and interprofessional. A concurrent embedded mixed-method design was used. One hundred and eight pre-licensure students from seven different health professions completed the IPS program intervention. Latent Growth Curve (LGC) modeling and thematic content analysis were used to analyze the quantitative and qualitative data, respectively. A significant and consistent growth rate in dual identity was found among the participants. The thematic analysis resulted in four emerging themes (uniprofessional education as a barrier, IPS program as an eye-opener, learning to collaborate, and collective unified team). The integrated findings provide support for the use of the interprofessional socialization framework.

KEYWORDS:

• Interprofessional Socialization (IPS)
• Dual Identity
• Interprofessional Identity
• Interprofessional Education
• Interprofessional Practice

Declaration of Interest

The authors report no conflicts of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of this article.

Notes

1. The facilitator played the role of patient at each table.

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Notes on contributors

Hossein Khalili

Dr. Hossein Khalili, BScN, MScN, PhD serves as the Director of University of Wisconsin Centre for Interprofessional Practice and Education (UW CIPE), an Adjunct Research Professor at Western University, the Co-Founding Lead of the Interprofessional Research.Global, and a Member of the Leadership Team of the Interprofessional.Global.

Carole Orchard

Dr. Carole Orchard, BSN, MEd, EdD is a Professor Emeritus and the former Coordinator of Interprofessional Health Education & Research at Western University.