Table 4

Perception of knowledge and skills acquisition before-and-after testing: Scores are presented as the average rating on a 5-point Likert scale (1 = strongly disagree, 5 = strongly agree).

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS ACQUIRED OR DEVELOPEDPROFESSIONALS* (N = 35)STUDENTS* (N = 59)
BEFOREAFTERBEFOREAFTER
Know the concepts of interprofessional collaboration applied to practice in primary health care and services2.773.912.884.12
Know the role and expertise of other professionals3.424.143.464.12
Recognize and respect the contribution of other professionals and the obstacles they face in accomplishing their tasks3.894.404.374.46
Master the skills required for effective patient-centred, interprofessional collaboration3.203.863.544.04
Share information and decisions with other professionals on referrals or joint follow-up needs3.794.373.884.42
Be equipped to participate in interprofessional collaboration when providing primary health care and services2.804.093.024.00
Identify clinical situations in which interprofessional collaboration is in the patient’s best interest3.604.143.544.29
Recognize the sources of problems or conflicts that could impede care and service delivery3.173.893.234.17
Assume one’s professional responsibilities in the context of interprofessional collaboration3.974.403.884.37
Be equipped to consider the patient as an essential partner3.544.064.024.43
Take into account the views of other professionals in the context of interprofessional collaboration3.944.464.294.56
Overall average3.464.153.654.27
  • * Crude data are presented because the differences with respect to sex and profession of the participants were not statistically significant.

  • The change in score is statistically significant (P < .05); Wilcoxon nonparametric test used.