Disponibilidade dos estudantes de graduação da área da saúde da UFJF para desenvolver competências colaborativas

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: interprofessional education (IPE) is important to develop and acquire collaborative skills during graduation in the health area. OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether students from undergraduate health courses at UFJF are available for interprofessional learning. METHODS: a convenience sample of 255 academics enrolled in the UFJF and UFJF GV health courses answered an electronic questionnaire containing 29 questions about sociodemographic characteristics, student characteristics, and the Readiness Interprofessional Learning Scale (RIPLS). The group's difference by the Mann-Whitney test. The significance level adopted in the study was 5% (α= 0.05). RESULTS: The RIPLS scale score ranged from a minimum value of 49 points to a maximum of 89 points, with a mean of 81 points. Students enrolled in the final periods (F) of the courses are more willing to develop collaborative skills when compared to students in the initial periods (I) (median ± IQR of I = 81 ± 9.3 and F = 83 ± 7.0, p <0.003). When evaluating the RIPLS scale in subgroups, we observed a difference between the initial and final periods of the health courses in the item teamwork and collaboration (I = 42 ± 6 and F = 44 ± 4; p=0.007), negative professional identity ( I = 4 ± 3 and F = 3 ± 1; p<0.001), and roles and responsibilities (I = 7 ± 2 and F = 5 ± 3; p<0.001). CONCLUSION: UFJF health' students are highly available to develop collaborative skills, especially students in their final semesters.