© 2018 Lestari et al. This work is published and licensed by Dove Medical Press Limited. The full terms of this license are available at https://www.dovepress.com/terms. php and incorporate the Creative Commons Attribution – Non Commercial (unported, v3.0) License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/). By accessing the work you hereby accept the Terms. Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted without any further permission from Dove Medical Press Limited, provided the work is properly attributed. For permission for commercial use of this work, please see paragraphs 4.2 and 5 of our Terms (https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php). Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare 2018:11 557–571 Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare Dovepress submit your manuscript | www.dovepress.com Dovepress 557 Original researcH open access to scientific and medical research Open access Full Text article http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/JMDH.S178566 Understanding attitude of health care professional teachers toward interprofessional health care collaboration and education in a southeast asian country endang lestari 1 renée e stalmeijer 2 Doni Widyandana 3 albert scherpbier 2 1 Department of Medical education, Medical and Health allied education Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas islam sultan agung, semarang, indonesia; 2 Department of educational Development and research, school of Health Professions education, Faculty of Health, Medicine and life sciences, Maastricht University, the netherlands; 3 Department of Medical education, Faculty of Medicine, gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta, indonesia Background: Faculty members play crucial roles as facilitators of learning for effective inter- professional education (IPE). However, faculty attitudes are reported to be barriers to successful implementation of IPE initiatives within health care education settings. This study aimed to investigate the following: 1) health care faculty members’ attitudes toward interprofessional collaboration (IPC) and IPE; 2) factors affecting faculty members’ perception toward IPC and IPE; and 3) health care professionals’ perceptions toward factors that hamper the quality of IPC, and whether IPE is a possible remedy for the situation. Methods: A survey was administered to medicine, nursing, midwifery, and dentistry faculty members at 17 institutions in Central Java Province, Indonesia. Respondents were asked to rate their attitudes toward IPC and IPE using a previously validated “Attitude toward Interprofes- sional Health care Collaboration and Education” scale. To help interpretation of the survey results, 4 monoprofessional focus groups (FGs) were conducted and 3 key participants who could not be present at the FG meetings were interviewed. We conducted a statistical analysis on the quantitative data and performed a thematic content analysis of the qualitative data using ATLAS Ti (version 7). Results: The total response rate was 74.1%. Nurses’ mean scores for attitudes toward IPC and IPE were higher than those of other health care professionals. The main problems of IPC identified from the FG were as follows: 1) differing perceptions of the needs of patients among professionals; 2) unequal participation in decision-making; 3) lack of face-to-face interaction; and 4) overlapping of roles and responsibilities. Faculty members agreed that IPE has the potential to remedy these challenges as long as opportunities are provided to inculcate equal power and contribution in meeting patients’ needs. Conclusion: These findings indicate the necessity of convening faculty development programs regarding IPC and IPE. Additionally, innovative strategies must be developed for the implemen- tation of IPC and IPE in a variety of academic settings. Keywords: attitude of health care professionals, interprofessional education, interprofessional health care collaboration Introduction The complexity of current worldwide health care practices requires good interpro- fessional collaboration (IPC). Moreover, excessive attention to the issue of patient safety within health care practice – with the triple aim of better care for individuals, better health for populations, and lower health care costs – has stimulated substantial correspondence: endang lestari Department of Medical education, Medical and Health allied education Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas islam sultan agung, Jalan raya Kaligawe KM 4, semarang 50112, indonesia Tel +62 811 290 6871 email endanglestari@unissula.ac.id Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare downloaded from https://www.dovepress.com/ by 3.235.21.12 on 02-Jun-2020 For personal use only. 1 / 1