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Table 1 Quantitative Data Comparing Pre-Course and Post-Course Competencies

From: Interprofessional education between medical students and nurse practitioner students in a Global Health course

 

Pre-Course

Post-Course

P

Q1. Effectively communicate your own profession’s roles and scope of practice to other health professionals

66.0 (28–100)

81.5 (63–100)

< 0.001

Q2. Explain the roles and scopes of practice of both a Registered Nurse & Advanced Practice Nurse colleague in a variety of care settings

28.2 (0–61)1

65.3 (34–88)1

< 0.0011

Q3. Explain the roles and scopes of practice of a physician colleague in a variety of care settings

64.7 (26–85)2

78.8 (50–97)2

0.0612

Q4. Listen actively to people expressing different perspectives than your own

76.5 (25–100)

85.5 (61–100)

0.128

Q5. Encourage ideas and opinions of other team members during group discussions or debates

67.5 (22–100)

80.5 (52–100)

0.007

Q6. Engage other health professionals in shared patient-centered problem solving

55.6 (30–77)

75 (50–100)

< 0.001

Q7. Describe the process of team development and practices of effective teams

60.9 (23–100)

77.4 (33–100)

< 0.001

  1. 1 Medical students only (n = 18). 2Nursing students only (n = 8). Parameters expressed as mean (range). Comparisons between groups were made using the Mann-Whitney U test