The Nebraska interprofessional education attitudes scale: A new instrument for assessing the attitudes of health professions students
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Gary L. Beck Dallaghan, University of Nebraska College of Medicine, United States ; Elizabeth Lyden, Jane Meza, University of Nebraska College of Public Health, United States ; Hugh Stoddard, Emory University School of Medicine, United States ; Catherine Bevil, University of Nebraska College of Nursing, United States ; Dean Collier, University of Nebraska College of Pharmacy, United States ; Margaret Winnicki, University of Nebraska College of Allied Health Professions, United States ; Devin Nickol, University of Nebraska College of Medicine, United States
Journal of Interprofessional Education & Practice Volume 4, Number 1, ISSN 2405-4526 Publisher: Elsevier Ltd
Abstract
Interprofessional education (IPE) for health professions students can facilitate collaboration. Previous instruments to measure student attitudes about IPE were reported to lack psychometric and validity evidence.The Nebraska Interprofessional Education Attitude Scale (NIPEAS) was developed to measure the attitudes of pre-clinical learners to practicing health professionals. The 19 item questionnaire was administered in 2012 to 370 students, in 2013 to 280 faculty, and in 2015 to 353 students.An exploratory factor analysis found that NIPEAS items loaded onto four factors: “Team approach to health care,” “Receptivity to teammates,” “Self-efficacy as a team member” and “Ethics in health care.” Confirmatory factor analysis suggested that the four-factor model for NIPEAS provided an adequate fit to the data.The attitude scales in NIPEAS were derived from the IPEC competencies. NIPEAS appears to be useful for measuring attitudes about interprofessional collaboration of pre-service health professions students and health care providers.
Citation
Beck Dallaghan, G.L., Lyden, E., Meza, J., Stoddard, H., Bevil, C., Collier, D., Winnicki, M. & Nickol, D. (2016). The Nebraska interprofessional education attitudes scale: A new instrument for assessing the attitudes of health professions students. Journal of Interprofessional Education & Practice, 4(1), 33-39. Elsevier Ltd. Retrieved March 28, 2024 from https://www.learntechlib.org/p/205080/.
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