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Table 3 Item level results for interprofessional collaborative competencies

From: Developing new possibilities for interprofessional learning- students’ experience of learning together in the ambulance service

Domain

Item mean/median

(range)

Missing

Communication

 Communicates with others in a confident, assertive, and respectful manner.

3.5/4

(1–4)

 

 Communicates opinion and pertinent views on patient care with others.

3.4/3

(1–4)

 

 Communicates in a logical and structured manner.

3.1/3

(2–4)

 

 Explains discipline-specific terminology/jargon.

3.0/3

(2–4)

 

Collaboration

 Establishes collaborative relationships with others.

3.3/3

(2–4)

 

 Shares information with other providers.

3.3/3

(2–4)

 

 Integrates information and perspectives from others in planning and providing care.

3.4/3

(2–4)

 

Team functioning

 Relationship between team functioning and quality of care.

3.4/3

(2–4)

 

 Recognition of strategies that will improve team functioning.

3.1/3

(1–4)

 

 Shares leadership and alternates leadership with others.

3.1/3

(2–4)

 

 Recognition of themselves as part of a team.

3.5/3

(3–4)

 

 Contributes to interprofessional team discussions.

3.0/3

(2–4)

 

Roles and responsibilities

 Describes one’s own role and responsibilities to the team/patient/family.

3.1/3

(2–4)

 

 Professional judgement when assuming tasks or delegating tasks.

3.6/4

(2–4)

 

 Responsibility for the failure of collaborative goals.

3.0/3

(2–4)

2

 Responsibility for individual actions that impact the team.

3.6/4

(2–4)

 

 Shares evidence-based or best-practice discipline-specific knowledge with others.

2.9/2

(2–4)

 

Collaborative patient/client-family centred approach

 Seeks input from patient/client and family.

2.5/2

(1–4)

 

 Integrates patient’s/client’s and family’s circumstances, beliefs, and values in care plans.

2.8/3

(1–4)

1

 Shares options and health care information with patients/clients and families.

3.0/3

(2–4)

1

 Advocates for patient/client and family as partners in decision-making process.

2.9/3

(1–4)

 

Conflict management/resolution

 Considers the perspectives and opinions of others.

3.2/3

(2–4)

2

 Seeks clarification in a respectful manner when misunderstandings arise.

3.1/3

(2–4)

2

 Manages or resolves conflict with others.

2.9/3

(1–4)

2