This research analyses the effect of professional identification and intergroup contact on attitudes towards interprofessional education (IPE) among medical and nursing students. Three hundred fifty-eight nursing and medical students were surveyed measuring attitudes towards IPE and professional identification. Moreover, students were asked to report the hours of practical training that they had already done, as measure of intergroup contact. Results indicated that ingroup identification increased attitude towards IPE among nursing students, while it decreased attitude among medical students. Intergroup contact, instead, had not significant effect. Results are discussed on the basis of social identity theory and status differences between professional groups.

Attitudes towards Interprofessional Education among Medical and Nursing Students: the Role of Professional Identification and Intergroup Contact / Sollami, Alfonso; Caricati, Luca; Mancini, Tiziana. - In: CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY. - ISSN 1046-1310. - 37:4(2018), pp. 905-912. [10.1007/s12144-017-9575-y]

Attitudes towards Interprofessional Education among Medical and Nursing Students: the Role of Professional Identification and Intergroup Contact

SOLLAMI, Alfonso;CARICATI, Luca;MANCINI, Tiziana
2018-01-01

Abstract

This research analyses the effect of professional identification and intergroup contact on attitudes towards interprofessional education (IPE) among medical and nursing students. Three hundred fifty-eight nursing and medical students were surveyed measuring attitudes towards IPE and professional identification. Moreover, students were asked to report the hours of practical training that they had already done, as measure of intergroup contact. Results indicated that ingroup identification increased attitude towards IPE among nursing students, while it decreased attitude among medical students. Intergroup contact, instead, had not significant effect. Results are discussed on the basis of social identity theory and status differences between professional groups.
2018
Attitudes towards Interprofessional Education among Medical and Nursing Students: the Role of Professional Identification and Intergroup Contact / Sollami, Alfonso; Caricati, Luca; Mancini, Tiziana. - In: CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY. - ISSN 1046-1310. - 37:4(2018), pp. 905-912. [10.1007/s12144-017-9575-y]
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