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Table 2 Items in each factor and factor internal consistency

From: Adaptation and reliability of the readiness for inter professional learning scale (RIPLS) in the Chinese health care students setting

Item

Factor 1: Teamwork and Collaboration (α = 0.963)

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

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

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

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

 5 Communication skills should be learned with other health care students

 6 Shared learning will help me to think positively about other professionals

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

 8 Team-working skills are essential for all health care students to learn

 9 Shared learning will help me to understand my own limitations

Factor 2: Negative Professional Identity (α = 0.853)

 10 I do not want to waste my time learning with other health care students

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

 12 Clinical problem solving skills can only be learned with students from my own department

Factor 3: Positive Professional Identity (α = 0.931)

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

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

 15 Shared learning will help to clarify the nature of patient problems

 16 Shared learning before qualification will help me become a better team worker

Factor 4: Roles and Responsibilities (α = 0.216)

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

 18 I am not sure what my professional role will be

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