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SYSTEMATIC REVIEW article

Front. Med.
Sec. Healthcare Professions Education
Volume 11 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fmed.2024.1449715
This article is part of the Research Topic Opportunities and Challenges of Interprofessional Collaboration and Education - Volume II View all 5 articles

Tools for Healthcare Student Self-Assessment and Peer-Assessment of Interprofessional Competencies: A Scoping Review

Provisionally accepted
Sharon Brownie Sharon Brownie 1,2*Jia Rong Yap Jia Rong Yap 3Denise Blanchard Denise Blanchard 4Issac Amankwaa Issac Amankwaa 5,6Amy Pearce Amy Pearce 3,7Kesava Sampath Kesava Sampath 3,6Ann-Rong Yan Ann-Rong Yan 6Patrea Andersen Patrea Andersen 3,8Patrick Broman Patrick Broman 1,3
  • 1 Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, Australia
  • 2 Griffith Health, Griffith University, Southport, Queensland, Australia
  • 3 Waikato Institute of Technology, Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand
  • 4 The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, New South Wales, Australia
  • 5 Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
  • 6 University of Canberra, Canberra, Australia
  • 7 University of Waikato, Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand
  • 8 University of the Sunshine Coast, Maroochydore, Queensland, Australia

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    Running Head: Healthcare student self-assessment of interdisciplinary competencies.Introduction: Healthcare professionals are expected to demonstrate competence in the effective management of chronic disease and for long-term health and rehabilitation needs.Care provided by groups of collaborating professionals is now well recognized as a more effective way to support people living with these conditions than routine, single profession clinical encounters. Clinical learning contexts provide hands-on opportunity to develop the interprofessional competencies essential for health professional students in training, however, suitable assessment tools are needed to support student attainment of interprofessional competencies with self-assessment espoused as an important component of learning.Method: A structured approach was taken to locate and review existing tools used for the self-assessment and peer-assessment of students' competencies relevant to interprofessional practice.Results: A range of self-and/or peer-assessment approaches are available including formally structured tools and less structured processes inclusive of focus groups and reflection.Discussion: The identified tools will usefully inform discussion regarding interprofessional competency self and peer-assessment options by healthcare students participating a broad range of clinical learning contexts. Conclusions: Self-and/or peer-assessment is a useful approach for those seeking to effectively enhance interprofessional learning and measure attainment of related competencies.

    Keywords: Interdisciplinary education, Interdisciplinary Communication, Interprofessional collaboration, Self-Assessment, Peer-assessment, Healthcare student

    Received: 15 Jun 2024; Accepted: 05 Sep 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Brownie, Yap, Blanchard, Amankwaa, Pearce, Sampath, Yan, Andersen and Broman. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Sharon Brownie, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, Australia

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