Table 3 Learning experiences from an interprofessional education (IPE) simulation course for medical and nursing students
Themes | Subthemes | Quotes |
|---|---|---|
1. Personal factors | Role | - “The physician and nurse play different roles to manage the first five-minute situations.” |
- “After taking these 6 courses, I realized the role of being a leader.” | ||
Responsibility | - “I know better about the job content of nurse than before I took this course.” | |
- “I know to complete the physical assessment and initial management before calling for help from senior.” | ||
- “I know my responsibility during resuscitation after this class.” | ||
Emotion | - “I realized that I am afraid of communicating with others.” | |
- “After class, I have more empathy toward each other.” | ||
- “I felt panic when being asked questions initially.” | ||
- “I felt respected.” | ||
- “It is important to remain calm and thinking logically.” | ||
Limitation | - “I can’t focus fully on owns task.” | |
- “It takes time to be familiar with each other.” | ||
- “It was difficult in communication with other disciplinary.” | ||
Assumptions | - “I thought there always some barriers between physician and nurses.” | |
- “I am not comfortable to be a leader. After receiving support in my class, I felt better.” | ||
- “Leader should respect his teammate.” | ||
2. Professional factors | Identity | - “I notice there exist different thinking process in physician and nurse.” |
- “Medical student usually has a clam and professional attitude.” | ||
- “Nursing student is good at IV, procedure preparation, taking vital sign.” | ||
Role | - “Nursing student approaches patient in detail.” | |
- “It is important to be a leader, provide feedback and remind others” | ||
Importance of his/her profession | - “Nursing students know the patient’s condition very well and they are alert.” | |
- “I realize the strength and limitation of other disciplinary.” | ||
- “knowing the differences and importance of nurse/physician job | ||
3.Interprofessional relationship | Role | - Nursing students tend to act faster and are more quick-witted than medical students |
- Medical students are better leaders than nursing students | ||
- We get to understand each other better through the class | ||
Teamwork | - Teamwork is essential | |
- I learned how to work with our teammates | ||
- It is crucial that everyone works together toward the same goal | ||
- I know how we can assist each other | ||
Communication | - We can communicate as equals for the good of the patient instead of simply following orders or accepting a top-down system | |
- Effective communication between team members enables efficient teamwork | ||
- Feedback between teammates is crucial | ||
- At the start the class, we could not speak up; but by the end of this course, we could communicate effectively | ||
Patient care | - We work together to improve the patient’s condition | |
- In a critical situation, good coordination between physicians and nurses enables better medical management for a patient | ||
4. Learning | Opportunity of learning with/from other | - In this course, I learned to see things from the other profession’s perspective |
- This is my first time learning with members of another profession | ||
- I have a chance to learn how to interact with members of other disciplines | ||
Real situation | - This course simulates clinical scenarios | |
- The clinical interdisciplinary scenario mimics a hospital work environment | ||
- I wish to have more interactions with others (members of other professions) | ||
- The realistic, repeated practices were helpful |