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Table 3 Thematic analysis of interprofessional feedback

From: Insights of undergraduate health sciences students about a French interprofessional training initiative

Category

N

(%)

Key words (occurrence)

examples

Training program (N)

Positive IPE Experience

45

(56)

Interesting (13), Collaboration (12), Exchanges (5), Work (5), Enriching (4), Important (3), Relationships (3), Very good (3), Contribution (2), Knowledge (2), Contact (2), Discovery (2), Essential (2), Profession (2), Fundamental (2), Common project (2), Meetings (2)

“PHS is important for collaborating among health professionals, to get to know the other, and to foster exchanges with future colleagues and professional relationships."

"I loved meeting other health professionals and working with them was very instructive."

“PHS was a good experience to learn to work with other sectors: something we will each have to do in our respective practices."

Nursing (18)

Medicine (15)

Physiotherapy (5)

Pharmacy (3)

Midwifery (4)

IPE Organizational Difficulties

25

(31)

Complexity (2), Organization (8), Planning (8), Disparities (4), Time-consuming (3), Constraints (3), Difficulties (3)

"Interdisciplinarity was complex to manage throughout the project, given the investments and the disparate schedules among disciplines and individuals."

"It is difficult to organize between sectors because each one has obligations (internships, exams) which makes the distribution of work quite inequitable."

Nursing (9)

Medicine (6)

Physiotherapy (4)

Pharmacy (3)

Midwifery (3)

Negative IPE Experience

11

(14)

Maturity differences (2), Of little use (2), Disparities (2)

"We are completely out of sync with other sectors that do it in the 2nd or 3rd year, particularly in terms of maturity and experience."

"I was very disappointed with how some sectors behaved with others because of certain prejudices."

Nursing (6)

Medicine (4)

Physiotherapy (0)

Pharmacy (1)

Midwifery (0)