Are senior UAE medical and nursing students ready for interprofessional learning? Validating the RIPL scale in a Middle Eastern context

Journal of Interprofessional Care

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 619-632

  El Zubeir, Margaret ^a   Rizk, Diaa E E ^b   Al Khalil, Rowaida K ^c  

^a PENINSULA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^c Institute of Nursing   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Interprofessional learning; Medical; Nursing; RIPLS; Undergraduate; United Arab Emirates

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; LEARNING; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; NURSING STUDENT; RATING SCALE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STUDENT ATTITUDE; TEAMWORK; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; VALIDATION PROCESS; ADOLESCENT; COOPERATION; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PUBLIC RELATIONS; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EDUCATION, PROFESSIONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; STUDENTS, NURSING; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 33847397843     PISSN: 13561820     EISSN: 14699567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13561820600895952     Document Type: Article

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