Teamwork Among Health Sciences Student in Universitas Sumatera Utara Which Exposed in Interprofessional Education (IPE) Learning

Abstract

The important issue that causes medical error is poor communication between professions in providing health services, ineffective teamwork collaboration, and unintegrated health services. The World Health Organization (WHO) triger the Interprofessional Education learning model as an integrated education system in health science students.The purpose of this study is to assess the teamwork formed after the IPE learning was applied to health science students at the professional level at the Universitas Sumatera Utara. Method. This research is a pre and post test design that was carried out by IPE learning in the area of Puskesmas Tuntungan Medan. The sample size is 20 students consisting of students from the faculty of medicine, nursing, pharmacy and public health at Universitas Sumatera Utara. The assessment of teamwork using the Team Work Score (TWS) questionnaire. Data analysis uses dependent t test.The results of this study indicate that the level of teamwork increases after IPE learning. There is a relationship between IPE learning and increased leadership skills, team structure, situation monitoring, group support, and communication (p<0.05). There is an increase in teamwork, after the application of IPE learning to health science students.