Suitability of the RIPLS and IEPS for Discriminating Attitude Differences towards Interprofessional Education among Students of Healthcare Profession
Table 3
Mean scores and significant differences of the RIPLS and IEPS by student profession.
Mean
SD
Cohen’s
Juniors
RIPLS
Dentistry
27
72.3
6.32
(3, 370) = 11.458,
NA
Medicine
108
75.7
6.58
Pharmacy
100
77.8
6.52
Health sciences
139
73.4
6.37
IEPS
Dentistry
27
81.4
7.33
(3, 370) = 17.280,
Pharm versus dental = 0.47
Medicine
108
79.8
7.59
Pharm versus med = 0.54
Pharmacy
100
84.3
7.53
—
Health sciences
139
82.4
7.38
Pharm versus health sci = 0.45
Seniors
RIPLS
Dentistry
50
72.7
6.37
(3, 431) = 12.054,
NA
Medicine
124
75.8
6.45
Pharmacy
123
77.4
6.74
Health sciences
138
73.1
6.39
IEPS
Dentistry
50
82.8
7.13
(3, 431) = 17.479,
Pharm versus dental = 0.57
Medicine
124
84.3
7.85
Pharm versus med = 0.49
Pharmacy
123
85.4
7.52
—
Health sciences
138
83.7
7.76
Pharm versus health sci = 0.48
Statistically significant at 0.05 level. RIPLS: readiness for interprofessional learning scale; IEPS: interdisciplinary education perception scale; : test of the equality of two variances; NA: not applicable.