An Assessment of the Knowledge, Perceptions, and Attitudes Related to Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice Among Faculty of the Hubert Department of Global Health Público
Hayes, Taylor (Fall 2020)
Abstract
Background: Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice (IPECP) is a team-based framework for implementing and achieving initiatives in the health sciences. The Woodruff Health Sciences Center (WHSC) at Emory University has demonstrated the need for interprofessional collaborations by prioritizing IPECP in their 2018-2022 strategic plan. Public health practitioners of the Hubert Department of Global Health (HDGH) of Rollins School of Public Health (RSPH) are consistently involved in complex policy and research endeavors that necessitate interprofessional collaborations. Despite this, observations from various health professionals of the WHSC suggest a gap in the knowledge and implementation of IPECP at Emory University.
Objective: The purpose of this special studies project was to examine the knowledge, perceptions, and attitudes related to IPECP and to assess the state of IPECP among faculty members of the HDGH of RSPH at Emory University in order to highlight areas of success and provide recommendations for improvement in collaborative educational and professional practice initiatives.
Methods: A mixed methods approach consisting of online questionnaires (n = 16) and key informant in-depth interviews (n = 5) was done to gather information about the scope, practice, and experience of interprofessional collaborations among faculty of the HDGH.
Results: The data revealed that although HDGH faculty members have overall positive feelings toward participating in interprofessional collaborations, there is a significant gap in knowledge of the meaning of IPECP, its relation to public health practice, and how it differs from other collaborative paradigms, namely cross-disciplinary collaborations. HDGH faculty expressed similar perceptions of barriers and facilitators of interprofessional collaborations evidenced in the literature, in addition to some nuances specific to public health academic culture. Notably, the external incentives of achieving tenure/promotion and grants ultimately reinforce siloed rather than collaborative public health practice.
Conclusion: Interprofessional collaborations are at the center of public health, a field that has the potential to serve as a successful model for multidimensional partnerships and interventions related to political, cultural, and other systematic components of healthcare delivery and health outcomes. In order to accomplish this, efforts should be made to further research the scope of public health practice in the context of IPECP and how it relates to public health academic culture.
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION 1
LITERATURE REVIEW 6
METHODS 23
RESULTS 30
DISCUSSION 48
CONCLUSION 58
REFERENCES 63
APPENDIX I: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 71
APPENDIX II: ONLINE SURVEY 86
APPENDIX III: IN-DEPTH INTERVIEW GUIDE 94
APPENDIX IV: CODEBOOK FOR TRANSCRIPT ANALYSIS 98
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