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Instruments for assessing collaborative competencies in interprofessional education: An integrative literature review

Abstract

Interprofessional Education (IPE) in healthcare occurs when two or more professions learn with, about, and from each other to develop collaboration through a shared learning process, aiming to improve the quality of services provided. IPE fosters the development of three key competencies: common to all professions, specific to each professional area, and collaborative. In this context, this study aimed to synthesize existing knowledge in the literature regarding assessment instruments for measuring collaborative competencies in IPE. An integrative literature review was conducted between November and December 2020, using the SCOPUS and Virtual Health Library (VHL) databases, to synthesize the knowledge produced about the assessment instruments used to measure collaborative competencies in IPE. A compilation of 38 studies was performed. A wide variety of applied scales were observed, with a focus on application to students (42.1%) and professionals (39.5%) within an interprofessional perspective. The literature identified 29 scales used to measure collaborative competencies in IPE. Among these, the Readiness for Interprofessional Learning Scale, with the highest representation among publications (20.0%), the Jefferson Scale of Attitudes toward Physician-Nurse Collaboration (8.0%), and the Assessment of Interprofessional Team Collaboration Scale (8.0%) stand out. Compiling the literature on the main applied scales enables the standardization of using validated and highly reliable scales, thus facilitating their integration into collaborative environments and aiming for the measurement and comparison of studies.

Keywords
Interprofessional relations ; Interprofessional education ; Surveys and questionnaires ; Educational measurement

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