Implementation Of Interprofessional Education To Improve Collaboration And Teamwork Capabilities

Abstract. One of the problems in health care services is overlapping competencies due to
insufficient cooperation between professions. Interprofessional learning (IPE) is required
to foster a positive attitude between professions collaboration and teamwork skills between
professions. The study was conducted to establish the application of IPE to increase
students' collaboration and teamwork capability, using pre and post-design. The
assessment of 148 students from four different professions, using instruments. The results
were analyzed using Mean, SD, Min-Max, Wilcoxon Test. The results suggested an
increase in scores of collaboration and teamwork, for about 51.11 and 20.67. Statistical
analysis suggested a significant difference between before and after the program (p-value
= 0.0001). IPE can encourage positive interaction between professions, so that students
have benefited, both in terms of their profession and in studying other professions. The
early application of IPE is expected to lead to better health services in the future.