An examination of students’ perceptions of their interprofessional placements in residential aged care

摘要: ABSTRACTIt is essential that health professionals are trained to provide optimal care for our ageing population. Key this a positive attitude older adults along with the ability work in teams and interprofessional care. There limited evidence on impact an education (IPE) placement residential aged facility (RACF) has students. In 2015 Western Australia, 51 students (30% male, median age 23 years), from seven professions, undertook between 2 13 weeks length at 1 RACF. Pre- post-placement measurements of attitudes elderly were collected using Ageing Semantic Differential (ASD) questionnaire level readiness learning Readiness Interprofessional Learning Scale (RIPLS). A total 47 completed matched ASD RIPLS surveys. The mean score survey decreased significantly pre- 116.0 108.9 (p = 0.033), indicating b...