The current status and associated factors of interprofessional cooperative learning of graduate students in traditional Chinese medicine colleges

Objective To investigate the interprofessional cooperative learning status and its influencing factors of graduate students in traditional Chinese medicine colleges to provide reference for their interprofessional learning education.Methods Between July and October 2023, graduate students of traditional Chinese medicine colleges were investigated and analyzed with the general information questionnaire, the Readiness for Interprofessional Learning Scale and the Sense of Professional Mission Scale. Independent sample t test or one-way analysis of variance were used to explore the differences in the scores of readiness for interprofessional collaborative learning. Pearson correlation analysis was used to explore the correlation between the readiness for interprofessional collaborative learning and the sense of professional mission. Multiple linear regression analysis was used to identify the influencing factors of the readiness for interprofessional collaborative learning.Results A total of 160 graduate students were included. The total score of interprofessional cooperative learning readiness of graduate students in traditional Chinese medicine colleges was (72.54±6.51), and the total score of the sense of professional mission was (38.99±5.69). The residence registration locations, satisfaction with the current major, cognition of the social status of the medical profession and sense of professional mission were the influencing factors of the interprofessional cooperative learning readiness of the graduate students in traditional Chinese medicine colleges (P