Abstract
The existence of Interprofessional Education (IPE) is crucial for healthcare students because it is a platform for them to learn how to interact and collaborate with each other. However, the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic caused some major changes, including the shifting of IPE learning methods into online learning, which also changed how the students learn and interact with each other. This qualitative phenomenology study was conducted with content analysis technique and aimed to explore medical, pharmacy, and midwifery students’ experiences in learning interprofessional collaboration skills through online learning for three months at Universitas Sebelas Maret. The data were collected using focus group discussions by dividing the respondents into six groups of 6–8 monoprofession students in each. The findings showed that the students learned all the four IPE’s core competencies through community-based, case-based, and reflective learning used in the online IPE learning. They stated that each learning method has its own portion in helping them learn the competencies. Still, they felt the experience would have been better if the learning was conducted offline since they encountered many engagement difficulties through online learning. The study provides evidence that the online course can support the achievement of IPE competencies. Future studies are needed to explore strategies for improving student engagement in online IPE learning.
Part of this paper was presented at INA-MHPEC 2022 and received The Best Student Presentation.
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Abbreviations
- B1:
-
Group of Midwifery Students
- CC:
-
Interprofessional Communication
- CHP:
-
Community Health Project
- COVID-19:
-
Coronavirus Disease - 2019
- F1:
-
Group of Pharmacy Students
- FGD:
-
Focus Group Discussion
- IPE:
-
Interprofessional Education
- K1-K4:
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Group 1–4 of Medical Students
- RR:
-
Roles and Responsibilities
- SGD:
-
Small Group Discussion
- TT:
-
Teams and Teamwork
- UNS:
-
Universitas Sebelas Maret
- VE:
-
Value and Ethics
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This study has been declared ethically feasible by the Health Research Ethics Commission of RSUD Dr. Moewardi (No. 278/III/HREC/2022). Informants who participated in this FGD have agreed to participate by filling out an informed consent form.
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The authors would like to thank Dian Nugroho, who has provided criticism and suggestions for this study. The authors would also like to thank all 41 students who were willing to become informants in this study.
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Kevlar Azri Ghurafa—developing research proposal, collecting data, data analysis, and publication of the manuscript.
Atik Maftuhah—developing research proposal, data analysis, and publication of the manuscript.
Bulan Kakanita Hermasari—developing research proposal, data analysis, and publication of the manuscript.
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Ghurafa, K.A., Maftuhah, A., Hermasari, B.K. (2023). Exploration of Interprofessional Education Learning Methods in Achieving Collaborative Competencies During COVID-19 Pandemic. In: Claramita, M., Soemantri, D., Hidayah, R.N., Findyartini, A., Samarasekera, D.D. (eds) Character Building and Competence Development in Medical and Health Professions Education. INA-MHPEC 2022. Springer Proceedings in Humanities and Social Sciences. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-4573-3_10
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