Faculty Perspective on Interprofessional Education Competencies: Respiratory Therapy Compared to Other Allied Health Professions

• DOI: 10.4187/respcare.09791
• Publication Date: 2022-08-30T12:00:24Z
• Authors: Amanda Yarberry Behr; Patricia Marie O’...; Dominique Maldonado; Christopher A Tru...; Gianluca De Leo
• Keywords: Interprofessional Education

Interprofessional Education (IPE) provides a framework for collaborative education between health care specialties to improve patient care. In 2010, the Collaborative Expert Panel established competencies of communication, ethics, roles and responsibilities, teams teamwork. Studies have assessed knowledge attitudes about IPE in several allied educational programs including respiratory therapy (RT).We compared RT faculty athletic training (AT), nutrition (NT), occupational (OT), physical (PT), dental hygiene (DH) faculty. Faculty were asked rank according importance.RT ranked communication first, then teamwork, last ethics. A Kruskal-Wallis Dwass-Steel-Chritchlow-Fligner pairwise analysis showed statically significant differences among rankings competencies. responded statistically higher than AT (P < .001), DH P NT OT = .003). lower .01), PT .001). .007) .02), .002), .001).RT who teach at different degree levels (associate's vs bachelor's master's programs) had same ranking competencies, but they difference with associate's teamwork