Effects of a Virtual Educational Intervention to Teach Interprofessional Collaboration to Community Health Nursing Students

Purpose To evaluate the effectiveness of a virtual interprofessional collaboration in public health educational intervention. Design Mixed-methods study. Methods Sample (N =171) consisted of community health nursing students, who completed an assessment after watching six videos, illustrating how various disciplines collaborate in a public health department. Findings Participants felt their interprofessional awareness, understanding, and collaboration intention increased; clarified discipline misconceptions, and application/utilization plans for this knowledge in practice were revealed. Conclusions Interprofessional collaboration in public health educational intervention was effective in increasing participants' interprofessional awareness, understanding, and intent to collaborate. Clinical Evidence Educational intervention is a strategy to improve students' knowledge of interprofessional collaboration in public health.