Examining the Dynamics of Interprofessional Collaboration and Attitudes in Health Science Librarianship

The Interdiscipline Education Perception Scale (IEPS) was used in this research to gauge health science librarians' views toward interprofessional cooperation and to learn more about their participation in such activities. The IEPS and questions regarding respondents' past and recent experience with IPE were addressed to librarians in the interprofessional education special interest group (IPE-SIG) and research section (RS) of the medical library association (MLA). To evaluate attitudes, the research compared the mean IEPS scores of each MLA group with several other demographic variables. The IEPS results for health science librarians showed favourable sentiments regarding IPE. There is no group differences were significantly varies from the others. The mean IEPS score of health science librarians was comparable to the mean score of health profession students commencing previous research. Fewer people worked on group or participated in extracurricular activities like reading clubs and grand rounds; the majority often reported interprofessional engagement was instructing or facilitating learning behaviour for students in the health profession. Health science librarians in this research had favourable sentiments regarding IPE, which is consistent with the common among other health professionals and subsequently the subject of research. The replies to the poll were not significantly influenced by the existence of an experience, prior professions as a health expert, or past work supporting IPE as a librarian. This implies that health science librarians are supportive of IPE, whether or not librarian actively promote IPE initiatives or engage in interprofessional activities