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This is a Pre-Registered Trial study (also classified as: Quantitative Study).

October 3, 2025Open Access

The “IP Pub Quiz”: a new interprofessional learning activity to improve students’ perception of interprofessional education and collaborative practice – a pre-post study

Key Points

Participants showed a significant improvement in perceptions of interprofessional education post-activity.
The overall mean score increased from 3.93 to 4.09, indicating better understanding of roles, responsibilities, and teamwork.
Healthcare students from various disciplines engaged in a 90-minute interprofessional pub quiz designed to enhance clinical reasoning.
While improvements were noted, limitations included lower response rates and the absence of a control group for comparison.

Abstract

Although on the rise, there are still insufficient Interprofessional Education (IPE) learning opportunities for healthcare students and young professionals. Thus, the Swiss Health Alliance for Interprofessional Education (SHAPED, www.shaped-ip.ch ) has developed a new IPE activity: the Interprofessional (IP) Pub Quiz. This study assessed the pilot-implementation of said IP Pub Quiz at Bern University of Applied Sciences during fall semesters 2023 and 2024. Healthcare students in their 4th and 9th semester from nursing, physiotherapy, midwifery, nutrition SD ± 0.38) to post- IP Pub Quiz (4.09 points; SD ± 0.43). The improvement was greatest for the factors roles & responsibilities and teamwork. No difference based on occupational group, gender or semester could be found. Participating healthcare students showed a positive perception of IPE and collaborative practice which was further improved through the IP Pub Quiz. Limitations include the lower response rate in the post-questionnaire (non-response bias) and the missing control-group (time effect).

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