Intragroup conflict in the community-based interprofessional education: a case study of health professional students in Indonesia

This study aimed to investigate the intragroup conflict in a community-based interprofessional education program. After completing three weeks' program, items of group atmosphere (Trust, Respect, and Openness) and intragroup conflict (Relationship, Task, and Process) were compared between students who stayed at villages during the program (stay-community IPE program, <i>n</i> = 237) and students who commuted to villages (commute-community IPE program, <i>n</i> = 184). We found relationship and task conflict in students with the stay-community IPE program, but respect and process conflict in students with the commute-community IPE program. Whereas overall relationships between atmosphere and conflict were correlated negatively, trust was positively correlated with process conflict. This new knowledge may improve our understanding of interprofessional interaction in the community-based interprofessional education.