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Overview
The PET-Health program represents an interprofessional education intervention implemented in Brazil aimed at cultivating collaborative competencies among healthcare professionals and trainees. The initiative integrates teaching, service, and community engagement through structured teamwork models, with preceptors serving as primary drivers of interprofessional integration and competency development.
Methods and approach
The study examined participant perceptions and experiences within the PET-Health program framework. Data collection methods involved qualitative assessment of program participants' experiences during both standard in-person activities and adaptations implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic. The analysis encompassed observations regarding interprofessional interactions, stereotypes, role comprehension, and the utilization of remote technologies in health education delivery.
Key Findings
Participants reported demonstrable improvements in communication patterns across professional disciplines and marked reductions in stereotyping behaviors. The program facilitated enhanced understanding of distinct healthcare worker roles and responsibilities. Pandemic-related disruptions catalyzed adoption of remote strategies and information communication technologies within health education contexts. Preceptors demonstrated critical importance in bridging teaching, service, and community dimensions while facilitating collaborative competency development. Participants identified curriculum integration and professional development programming as essential mechanisms for sustained interprofessional education.
Implications
Interprofessional education demonstrates effectiveness in improving collaborative competencies and reducing professional silos within healthcare settings. The findings underscore the necessity for embedding interprofessional education frameworks across curriculum guidelines, pedagogical programs, and public health policies to ensure systematic integration rather than isolated implementation. Remote and technology-enabled modalities present viable supplementary approaches for interprofessional learning when in-person activities are constrained.
Disclosure
- Research title: Interprofessional education program: perceptions and experiences among Brazilian participants
- Authors: Marcela Pereira Oliveira, Renata A. Kobayashi, Milton Arruda Martins, Patrícia Zen Tempski, Fernanda Magalhães Arantes-Costa
- Institutions: Faculdade São Leopoldo Mandic, Fundação Educacional D. André Arcoverde, Universidade de São Paulo
- Publication date: 2026-02-24
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-026-08810-x
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