Exploring students' perceptions and opinions about an institutional hierarchy of healthcare professionals and its impact on their inter- professional learning outcomes

Context: Institutional hierarchy is a phenomenon associated with clinical tribalism. Inter-professional learning thought to improve healthcare team's collaboration and communication. Aim: The aim was evaluate student understanding of institutional perceptions opinions on their participation in inter-professional learning. Method: Using questionnaire, this study gathered the fourth year pharmacy students who had completed two sessions. Quantitative qualitative analyses were conducted. Results: Students (87.7%, n=50) aware concept, listing order as doctors, pharmacists, nurses then allied health. 61.4% (n=35) willing participate (70.1%, n=40) agreed that sessions have added benefit patient-centred care, different roles depth (82.5%, n=47) but failed diminution hierarchical ideology. Conclusions: did not change students' about posiGoning doctors top hierarchy.