Questions

Pre (N = 192)

Post (N = 97)

p-value

Learning with different health care career students will help me become a more effective member of a health care team.

4.36 ± 0.13

4.40 ± 0.17

0.694

Patients would ultimately benefit if health-care students worked together to solve patient problems.

4.38 ± 0.10

4.53 ± 0.11

0.770

Shared learning with other health-care students will increase my ability to understand clinical problems.

4.44 ± 0.10

4.49 ± 0.13

0.531

Communication skills should be learned with other health care students.

4.41 ± 0.10

4.36 ± 0.15

0.617

Shared learning will help me to think positively about other health care professionals.

4.23 ± 0.12

4.37 ± 0.14

0.152

Team-working skills are essential for all health care students to learn.

4.54 ± 0.11

4.61 ± 0.11

0.421

It is necessary for undergraduate health care students to learn together.

3.88 ± 0.13

3.77 ± 0.23

0.409

Clinical & health care problem-solving skills should be learned with students from the same career field.

3.73 ± 0.13

3.31 ± 0.24

0.001

Shared learning with other health care career students will help me to communicate better with patients and other health care professionals.

4.22 ± 0.11

4.27 ± 0.13

0.623

I would welcome the opportunity to work on small-group projects with other health care career students.

3.98 ± 0.12

4.15 ± 0.16

0.091

Interprofessional shared learning will help to clarify the nature of patient problems.

4.03 ± 0.10

4.11 ± 0.13

0.316

The function of nurses and therapists is more than just to provide support for doctors.

3.51 ± 0.19

3.12 ± 0.24

0.004

I don’t have to acquire much more knowledge and skills than other health career students.

2.92 ± 0.13

2.72 ± 0.20

0.095