Preparing healthcare professional students for rural, regional and remote practice: demonstrating the effectiveness of an interprofessional simulation learning experience

Figures & data

Table 1. A cross tabulation summary of the number of participants by discipline and campus.

Campus/Profession	Occupational therapy	Physiotherapy	Podiatry	Speech pathology	Row Total
Location 1	29	46	16	12	103
Location 2	0	29	0	0	29
Location 3	21	36	0	0	57
Column Total	50	111	16	12	Grand total:189

Table 2. ICCAS results of question 21 by student discipline.

	Occupational therapy (n = 16) (%)	Physiotherapy (n = 33) (%)
1. Much better now	4 (25)	17 (51.52)
2. Somewhat better now	9 (56.25)	16 (48.48)
3. About the same	3 (18.75)	0
Median (Q1, Q3)^a	2(1.75, 2)	1(1, 2)
p-value^b	0.025

^a(Q1, Q3) represents the inter-quartile range; ^bAs per Wilcoxon Signed Ranks Test, two independent samples.

Data availability statement

Data and materials related to this study can be requested by contacting Dr Tracey Parnell (http://[email protected]). All of the material is owned by the authors and/or no permissions are required.