Exploring students' views of interprofessional education

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Interprofessional education is thought to underpin a patient-centred, integrated approach to healthand social-care provision. It is promoted as a means to encourage collaborative practice, improve services and implement workforce strategies. The benefits for students are said to be changes in knowledge, skills, attitudes and beliefs, but there is little research into the student experience of interprofessional education. This study investigates first year students' views of a university health and social care interprofessional module. Qualitative comments were collected from 65 students by means of the standard faculty module evaluation form. The findings reveal a wide range of views among the students, from those who found the module a stimulating and beneficial experience to those who found it irrelevant and confusing.