Attitudes toward interprofessional education improve over time

Abstract Background For health care providers to fully contribute to interprofessional teams, training should be embedded within health care education curriculum. Yet barriers may hinder successful interprofessional education. Purpose Determine if learner attitudes toward IPE change over time and with clinical experience. Method Nebraska Interprofessional Attitudes Scale (NIPEAS) administered prior to student orientation IPE (baseline) and after year 2 IPE events. Repeated-measures analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used to assess change over time for the sample, and mixed method ANOVA to determine if change differed by college. Results 175 students (five colleges) completed baseline and follow-up surveys. Aggregate NIPEAS scores were significantly higher on follow-up (p  Discussion/Conclusions Results indicated improved attitudes about IPE differing from previous studies; perhaps the result of NIPEAS design for use in longitudinal studies.