Journal of Education and Health Promotion

Faculty member’s experience regarding rehabilitation teamwork education in Iran (A descriptive exploratory qualitative study)

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

. Sahar Ghanbari 1
. Leila Bazrafkan 2

1 Department of Occupational Therapy, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Medical Education Development Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran

2 Department of Medical Education, Medical Education Development Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Clinical Education Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

Abstract
BACKGROUND: The objective of rehabilitation therapists is to increase the functional abilities and
quality of life in people with disability. Hence, cooperation becomes a basis for enhanced quality
of care. The current study aims to investigate the experience of faculty members at the School of
Rehabilitation Sciences, regarding teamwork education for rehabilitation students.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: This was a descriptive‑exploratory qualitative study. Maximum
variation purposive sampling was used, where in‑depth, semi‑structured interviews were conducted
with 13 faculty members working at four departments of the School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Shiraz
University of Medical Sciences, in the year 2015–2016. Each interview was transcribed word‑by‑word
and went under analysis through MAXQDA 10. Finally, after reviewing the transcripts several times,
the primary codes, subthemes, and themes were formed.
RESULTS: Data analysis resulted in the formation of 469 open codes. Three themes emerged,
including the experienced challenges to interprofessional education (IPE), experienced facilitators
of team collaboration, and optimization of IPE. The subthemes of the first theme included
personal challenges, academic context, and sociocultural atmosphere. The subthemes of second
theme‑included experience with various forms of interprofessional (IP) collaboration, IPE in certain
clinical areas, and scarcity of role models for IPE. The subthemes related to the third theme involved
the development of macro policies to facilitate IPE increased interpersonal collaboration and reduced
expectation of competition, and management and development of educational capability in professors.
CONCLUSIONS: It seems that faculty staffs do not provide the same definition of teamwork education
and often do not prioritize it in their clinical teaching. Furthermore, barriers, facilitators and some
solutions were discussed by them.

Keywords

Interprofessional education
qualitative research
rehabilitation
teamwork
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Journal of Education and Health Promotion
Volume 9, Issue 2
February 2019
Pages 1-10

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