TY - JOUR
T1 - Faculty Perspective on Interprofessional Education Competencies
T2 - Respiratory Therapy Compared to Other Allied Health Professions
AU - Behr, Amanda Yarberry
AU - O’neal, Patricia Marie
AU - Maldonado, Dominique
AU - Truelove, Christopher A.
AU - De Leo, Gianluca
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022, American Association for Respiratory Care. All rights reserved.
PY - 2022/10/1
Y1 - 2022/10/1
N2 - BACKGROUND: Interprofessional Education (IPE) provides a framework for collaborative education between health care specialties to improve patient care. In 2010, the Interprofessional Education Collaborative Expert Panel established the competencies of communication, ethics, roles and responsibilities, and teams and teamwork. Studies have assessed knowledge and attitudes about IPE in several allied health educational programs including respiratory therapy (RT). METHODS: We compared RT faculty to athletic training (AT), nutrition (NT), occupational therapy (OT), physical therapy (PT), and dental hygiene (DH) faculty. Faculty were asked to rank the IPE competencies according to importance. RESULTS: RT faculty ranked communication first, then teams and teamwork, roles and responsibilities, and last ethics. A Kruskal-Wallis Dwass-Steel-Chritchlow-Fligner pairwise analysis showed statically significant differences among allied health faculty rankings of IPE competencies. In communication, RT faculty responded statistically higher than AT (P < .001), DH P < .001), NT P < .001), and OT (P 5 .003). In ethics, RT faculty responded statistically lower than DH (P < .001), NT (P 5 .01), and PT (P < .001). In roles and responsibilities, RT faculty responded statistically higher than AT (P 5 .007) and OT (P < .001). In teamwork, RT faculty responded statistically higher than AT (P 5 .02), DH (P < .001), OT (P 5 .002), and PT (P < .001). CONCLUSIONS: RT faculty who teach at different degree levels (associate’s degree programs vs bachelor’s and master’s degree programs) had the same ranking of competencies, but they had a statistically significant difference for teamwork, with associate’s degree faculty ranking teamwork lower than bache-lor’s and master’s degree faculty. Key words: interprofessional education; respiratory therapy; allied health; communication; ethics; teamwork. [Respir Care 2022;67(10):1246–1253.
AB - BACKGROUND: Interprofessional Education (IPE) provides a framework for collaborative education between health care specialties to improve patient care. In 2010, the Interprofessional Education Collaborative Expert Panel established the competencies of communication, ethics, roles and responsibilities, and teams and teamwork. Studies have assessed knowledge and attitudes about IPE in several allied health educational programs including respiratory therapy (RT). METHODS: We compared RT faculty to athletic training (AT), nutrition (NT), occupational therapy (OT), physical therapy (PT), and dental hygiene (DH) faculty. Faculty were asked to rank the IPE competencies according to importance. RESULTS: RT faculty ranked communication first, then teams and teamwork, roles and responsibilities, and last ethics. A Kruskal-Wallis Dwass-Steel-Chritchlow-Fligner pairwise analysis showed statically significant differences among allied health faculty rankings of IPE competencies. In communication, RT faculty responded statistically higher than AT (P < .001), DH P < .001), NT P < .001), and OT (P 5 .003). In ethics, RT faculty responded statistically lower than DH (P < .001), NT (P 5 .01), and PT (P < .001). In roles and responsibilities, RT faculty responded statistically higher than AT (P 5 .007) and OT (P < .001). In teamwork, RT faculty responded statistically higher than AT (P 5 .02), DH (P < .001), OT (P 5 .002), and PT (P < .001). CONCLUSIONS: RT faculty who teach at different degree levels (associate’s degree programs vs bachelor’s and master’s degree programs) had the same ranking of competencies, but they had a statistically significant difference for teamwork, with associate’s degree faculty ranking teamwork lower than bache-lor’s and master’s degree faculty. Key words: interprofessional education; respiratory therapy; allied health; communication; ethics; teamwork. [Respir Care 2022;67(10):1246–1253.
KW - allied health
KW - communication
KW - ethics
KW - interprofessional education
KW - respiratory therapy
KW - teamwork
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U2 - 10.4187/respcare.09791
DO - 10.4187/respcare.09791
M3 - Article
C2 - 36041753
AN - SCOPUS:85138494481
SN - 0020-1324
VL - 67
SP - 1246
EP - 1253
JO - Respiratory Care
JF - Respiratory Care
IS - 10
ER -