Research Article
Suitability of the RIPLS and IEPS for Discriminating Attitude Differences towards Interprofessional Education among Students of Healthcare Profession
Table 1
Participants and setting.
| | | Profession | | | Dentistry
| Medicine
| Pharmacy
| Health sciences
| Total
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| | Gender | | | | | | | Male | 33 (42.8%) | 80 (34.4%) | 81 (36.3%) | 68 (24.5%) | 262 (32.3%) | | Female | 44 (57.1%) | 152 (65.5%) | 142 (63.7%) | 209 (75.5%) | 547 (67.7%) |
| | Year of study | | | | | | | Juniors | 27 (35%) | 108 (46.5%) | 100 (44.8%) | 139 (50.1%) | 374 (46.2%) | | Seniors | 50 (65%) | 124 (53.5%) | 123 (55.2%) | 138 (49.9%) | 435 (53.7%) |
| | Ethnicity | | | | | | | Malay | 3 (3.8%) | 25 (19.8%) | 68 (30.4%) | 64 (23.1%) | 160 (19.7%) | | Chinese | 61 (79.2%) | 126 (54.3%) | 128 (57.3%) | 131 (47.2%) | 446 (55.1%) | | Indian | 12 (15.5%) | 69 (29.7%) | 24 (10.7%) | 78 (28.1%) | 183 (22.6%) | | Others | 1 (1.2%) | 12 (5.1%) | 3 (1.3%) | 4 (1.4%) | 20 (2.4%) |
| | Prior exposure to IPE | | | | | | | Yes | 23 (29.9%) | 108 (46.5%) | 123 (55.2%) | 77 (27.7%) | 331 (40.9%) | | No | 54 (70.1%) | 124 (53.5%) | 100 (44.8%) | 200 (72.3%) | 478 (59.1%) |
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