Item

Did you earn another degree?

Do you have prior healthcare experience?

Yes

No

No

Yes, as volunteer

Yes, prior paid work in healthcare

Yes, more than 2000 paid hours healthcare experience

(N = 18)

(N = 79)

(N = 37)

(N = 22)

(N = 22)

(N = 16)

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

4.44 ± 0.34

4.39 ± 0.19

4.51 ± 0.22

4.14 ± 0.44

4.32 ± 0.29

4.63 ± 0.42

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

4.56 ± 0.25

4.52 ± 0.23

4.62 ± 0.20

4.41 ± 0.22

4.45 ± 0.27

4.56 ± 0.34

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

4.33 ± 0.34

4.53 ± 0.12

4.51 ± 0.22

4.36 ± 0.30

4.50 ± 0.23

4.63 ± 0.32

Communication skills should be learned with other health care students.

4.06 ± 0.43

4.43 ± 0.25

4.30 ± 0.28

4.27 ± 0.28

4.50 ± 0.26

4.44 ± 0.39

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

4.11 ± 0.42

4.43 ± 0.25

4.41 ± 0.21

4.14 ± 0.37

4.55 ± 0.26

4.38 ± 0.36

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

4.50 ± 0.31

4.63 ± 0.13

4.62 ± 0.18

4.55 ± 0.29

4.59 ± 0.22

4.69 ± 0.32

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

3.78 ± 0.53

3.77 ± 0.26

4.08 ± 0.28

3.55 ± 0.50

3.50 ± 0.53

3.75 ± 0.77

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

3.17 ± 0.02

3.34 ± 0.27

3.54 ± 0.34

3.09 ± 0.47

3.05 ± 0.55

3.44 ± 0.72

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

4.17 ± 0.35

4.29 ± 0.15

4.32 ± 0.21

4.00 ± 0.27

4.32 ± 0.25

4.44 ± 0.47

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

4.06 ± 0.29

4.18 ± 0.18

4.16 ± 0.23

4.00 ± 0.34

4.23 ± 0.33

4.25 ± 0.60

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

4.00 ± 0.34

4.14 ± 0.14

4.11 ± 0.17

3.91 ± 0.30

4.18 ± 0.26

3.89 ± 0.44

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

3.44 ± 0.55

3.05 ± 0.27

3.03 ± 0.39

3.45 ± 0.38

2.95 ± 0.59

3.13 ± 0.69

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

2.67 ± 0.56

2.73 ± 0.21

2.89 ± 0.33

2.73 ± 0.41

2.86 ± 0.40

2.13 ± 0.47