Table 2 Responses by item and subscale - full data set (n = 570)

Teamwork and Collaboration Items 1–9 / 9 items

Q1

Learning with other students will help me become a more effective member of a health-care team

1.8

2.0

12.6

46.0

37.6

Q2

Patients would ultimately benefit if health-care students worked together to solve patient problems

2.0

0.9

9.9

41.6

45.6

Q3

Shared learning with other health-care students will increase my ability to understand clinical problems

2.0

2.4

13.7

47.1

34.8

Q4

Learning with health-care students before qualification would improve relationships after qualification

1.8

2.2

15.6

47.3

33.2

Q5

Communication skills should be learned with other health-care students

3.3

6.6

29.5

36.6

24.0

Q6

Shared learning will help me to think positively about other professionals

1.7

4.2

22.5

46.2

25.5

Q7

For small-group learning to work, students need to trust and respect each other

1.1

0.2

2.0

41.2

55.5

Q8

Teamworking skills are essential for all health-care students to learn

1.3

0.6

5.1

47.1

46.0

Q9

Shared learning will help me to understand my own limitations

2.8

2.9

25.3

45.2

23.8

Negative Professional

Q10

I don’t want to waste my time learning with other health-care students

37.9

39.9

17.0

2.0

3.1

Identity

Q11

It is not necessary for undergraduate health-care students to learn together

30.4

40.3

22.0

5.7

1.7

Items 10–12 / 3 items

Q12

Clinical problem-solving skills should only be learned with students from my own department

26.9

46.3

20.9

4.4

1.5

Positive Professional Identity Items 13–16 / 4 items

Q13

Shared learning with other health-care students will help me to communicate better with patients and other professionals

2.0

4.6

26.1

46.8

20.6

Q14

I would welcome the opportunity to work on small-group projects with other health-care students

3.9

4.0

16.2

48.4

27.5

Q15

Shared learning will help to clarify the nature of patient problems

1.5

2.4

24.6

48.4

23.1

Q16

Shared learning before qualification will help me become a better teamworker

1.1

4.6

21.9

45.9

27.0

Roles and Responsibilities

Q17

The function of nurses and therapists is mainly to provide support for doctors

24.6

37.6

24.6

10.3

2.9

Items 17–29 / 13 items

Q18

I’m not sure what my professional role will be

31.6

38.5

17.3

8.4

4.2

Q19

I have to acquire much more knowledge and skills than other health-care students

10.3

30.3

38.2

16.9

4.4

Q20

There is little overlap between my future role and that of other health-care professionals

6.8

36.2

46.2

9.0

1.8

Q21

I would feel uncomfortable if another health-care student knew more about a topic than I did

7.3

23.9

22.8

29.2

16.9

Q22

I will be able to use my own judgment a lot in my professional role

0.7

2.4

16.2

63.1

17.6

Q23

Reaching a diagnosis will be the main function of my role

8.8

29.9

34.9

19.6

6.8

Q24

My main responsibility as a professional will be to treat my patient

3.3

5.7

13.4

49.7

27.9

Q25

I like to understand the patient’s side of the problem

0.9

0.9

6.8

54.5

36.9

Q26

Establishing trust with my patients is important to me

0.9

0.4

2.0

28.8

67.9

Q27

I try to communicate compassion to my patients

0.7

0.9

3.7

36.9

57.8

Q28

Thinking about the patient as a person is important in getting treatment right

0.7

0.9

3.7

35.1

59.6

Q29

In my profession you need skills in interacting and cooperating with patients

1.1

0.6

3.9

32.8

61.6