A Review on Interprofessional Education in Health Professionals’ Training

Introduction: Interprofessional education (IPE) as one of the educational methods has been emphasized in many literature. It is believed that it can increase Interprofessional collaborations and improve the quality of patient care. The purpose of this study was to investigate the concept, teaching- learning process and effectiveness of IPE in health professionals’ training. Methods: This was a review article for doing which we searched the MEDLINE and CINAHL databases as well as Google search engine with appropriate keywords. The retrieved results were limited to review and meta-analysis papers as well as the ones in English language. Results: In total 45 document including articles, books and web pages were reviewed and categorized. First, The concept of IPE was examined from different points of view. Then the theoretical bases, teaching approaches and also teaching and learning factors of IPE were addressed in the next section. And in the final section, the effectiveness of IPE was discussed. Conclusion: In regarding to the role of IPE in increasing knowledge, attitude and skills of healthcare professionals, more attention has to be paid to IPE in Medical Sciences education.