Research Article

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.

MeanSDCohen’s

Juniors
 RIPLS
  Dentistry2772.36.32(3, 370) = 11.458, NA
  Medicine10875.76.58
  Pharmacy10077.86.52
  Health sciences13973.46.37
 IEPS
  Dentistry2781.47.33(3, 370) = 17.280, Pharm versus dental = 0.47
  Medicine10879.87.59 Pharm versus med = 0.54
  Pharmacy10084.37.53
  Health sciences13982.47.38 Pharm versus health sci = 0.45

Seniors
 RIPLS
  Dentistry5072.76.37(3, 431) = 12.054, NA
  Medicine12475.86.45
  Pharmacy12377.46.74
  Health sciences13873.16.39
 IEPS
  Dentistry5082.87.13(3, 431) = 17.479, Pharm versus dental = 0.57
  Medicine12484.37.85Pharm versus med = 0.49
  Pharmacy12385.47.52
  Health sciences13883.77.76 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.