Australian osteopathic students' perceptions of interprofessional relationships

Abstract

Background Interprofessional education is increasingly included in health profession education programs as governments strive to improve patient care and outcomes through interprofessional teams. Objective To investigate Australian osteopathy students perceptions of interprofessional relationships. Design Single administration of a questionnaire to students explore perceptions of interprofessional relationships. Setting Two Australian university-based osteopathy programs. Methods Students completed the Interdisciplinary Education Perception Scale (IEPS) and a demographic questionnaire. Descriptive data were generated for each of the IEPS items, total and factor scores. Ordinal logistic regre..