Table 2 Summary of characteristics of the studies included in this systematic review. Curitiba, 2021
Author [ref] | Country | Study design | Educational intervention | Duration | Academic year | Courses | Data collection/Analysis | Sample size | Gender | Age range |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Telford e Senior [31] | UK | Qualitative research design | Module on public health in contemporary practice | 3 weeks | NR | Occupational therapy and nursing | Focus groups and semi-structured interview guide/ Thematic analysis | 12 | NR | 20 to 45 years |
Shelvey, Coulman and John [30] | UK | Qualitative research design | An IPE session focused on therapeutics and prescribing | 2-h session | 3rd year medical and 3rd or 4th year pharmacy students | Medicine and pharmacy | Semi-structured one-to-one interviews/ Thematic analysis | 18 | Gender (11 female and 07 male) | NR |
Haugland, Brenna and Aanes [37] | Norway | Qualitative research design | Three interprofessional modules | 3 semesters | 3rd year | Nursing, radiography, occupational therapy, physiotherapy, social education, social work, and biomedical laboratory sciences | Focus groups/ Systematic text condensation | 31 | Gender (2 male and 29 female) | 20 to 48 years |
Odole, Odunaiya and Ajadi [34] | Nigeria | Mixed method study | Non-clinical and clinical phases | NR | NR | Medical laboratory science, dentistry, medicine, nursing, pharmacy, and physiotherapy | Focus Group/ Thematic analysis | 13 | NR | NR |
Thompson et al. [18] | Canada | Qualitative research design | Case-based learning in small groups and didactic lectures | 3 years | 1st to 3rd years | Medicine | Questionnaire/ Content analysis | 47 | NR | NR |
Darlow et al. [36] | New Zealand | Qualitative research design | Long-term disease management program in primary care | 11-h IPE program | 3rd to 5th year | Dietetics, medicine, physiotherapy, and radiation therapy | Nominal Group Technique/ Thematic analysis | 40 | Gender (30 female and 10 male) | 19 to 29 years |
Ding et al. [26] | USA | Qualitative research design | Interprofessional collaborative practice in General Medicine teaching services | 4-week | 3rd to 4th year | Medicine | Semi-structured interviews/ Deductive and inductive qualitative analysis | 24 | NR | NR |
Estrada et al. [27] | USA | Qualitative research design | Mandatory course for students in the health area and the Institute of Food and Agriculture Sciences | 1 year | 1st year | Medicine, dentistry, nursing, pharmacy, nutrition, public health, and health professions | Focus groups/ Inductive analysis | 28 | Gender (24 female and 04 male) | NR |
Johnson e Howell [28] | USA | Qualitative research design | International apprenticeship program—health brigades | 5 days | 1st to 3rd year | Dentistry, health sciences, medicine, nursing, pharmacy, and public health | Observation, focus group, interview and written documents/ Unclear | 15 | Gender (11 female and 04 male) | NR |
Whiting, Caldwell and Akers [32] | UK | Qualitative research design | 15 credit academic module | 3 years | 1st and 3rd years | Children’s nursing, pharmacy, dietetics, diagnostic radiography, radiotherapy, foundation paramedics, paramedic science, physiotherapy, and social work | Focus groups/ Thematic approach | Unclear | NR | NR |
Walker, Cross and Barnett [35] | Australia | Mixed methods study | Rural clinical learning environments | NR | 1st to 4th years | Medicine, nursing, midwifery, and allied healthcare | Open-ended survey questions, interviews and focus groups/ Unclear | 60 | Gender (10 male and 50 female) | NR |
O’Neill e Wyness [33] | Canada | Qualitative research design | Disciplinary and interprofessional content and practices focused on a specific disease | NR | NR | Medicine, pharmaceutical sciences, nursing, and social work | Focus group/ Unclear | 14 | Gender (3 male and 20 female) | 20 to 44 years |
Mu et al. [29] | USA | Mixed methods study | Consortium for Rural, Interprofessional Training” included didactic and clinical components | 3 years | NR | Occupational therapy, physical therapy, and pharmacy | IEPS/Reflection journals, experience debriefings, pre-post observation summaries, and on-site summaries /constant comparative method | 111 | Gender (40 male and 71 female) | 18 to 46 years |