Patients' and parents' percetion of care on a paediatric interprofessional training ward.
BACKGROUND
Interprofessional training wards (ITWs) have been established in different fields of adult medicine to promote interprofessional learning and interprofessional collaboration of health care profession students. High patient satisfaction rates have been reported for ITWs. No data of parents' and especially patients' evaluation of care on a paediatric ITW have been reported so far. This study aims to evaluate parents' and patients' perceptions of medical and nursing care on a paediatric ITW.


METHODS
In 2017 we established and started an interprofessional training ward in the setting of a general paediatric ward (IPAPAED). Medical students and nurse trainees care for 4-6 patients under supervision of registered nurses and certified physicians. All parents and all patients older than 8 years were invited to evaluate different aspect of their care on the IPAPAED.


RESULTS
Since November 2017 until February 2019 parents (n = 109) rated the overall care of their children on the IPAPAED ward with m = 1.21 (SD ± .43) (1 = "excellent", 4 = "poor"). Patients (n = 56) rated their overall care with m = 1.29 (SD ± 0.5). Other aspects of care and interprofessional collaboration were rated equally well. Analysis of the (limited) free-text commentaries revealed that perceived quality of care, friendliness and communication were especially valued by patients and parents.


DISCUSSION & CONCLUSION
On a paediatric ITW, in the view of parents and patients in our sample, a high level of care is delivered and satisfaction rates are excellent. An ITW seems, from a patient and parent point of view, feasible, even in paediatrics.
['Straub|Christine|C|', 'Bode|Sebastian F N|SFN|http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7217-3312']
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Interprofessional training ward Interprofessional learning Interprofessional collaboration Medical education Parental evaluation Patients’ evauation