The Attitudes of Pre-registration Nursing Students toward the Teamwork and Collaboration in Inter-professional Classroom Learning Context

Abstract

Historically, nurse-doctor relationship evolved as a hierarchical healthcare system which promoted stereotypical attitudes towards each other and can be explained by the social identity theory which illustrates inter-group discrimination. Stereotyped attitudes can prevent effective inter-professional collaboration and teamwork that began at undergraduate level [1]. IPE has been developed during recent decades with the initial aim to reduce the flaws of the health care service and enhance the collaboration of health and social care professionals [2].