The implementation of inter-professional education community Curricula in Indonesian Universities

Nowadays, health profession educational programs should implement inter-professional education curricula in order to improve health outcomes. Values, roles and responsibilities and communication are important aspects of inter-professional healthcare collaboration, but it still becomes a challenge. However, studies on the implementation of inter-professional education curriculums in Indonesia are still limited. Therefore, this study aimed to analyse the effect of values and roles and responsibilities to health professional students' communication on inter-professional education. This study applies an observational cross-sectional study, which involves four universities located in Central Java province and Yogyakarta special region-Indonesia. A total of 970 health professional students from medical, nursing, midwifery, and nutrition programs took part in the study. Data were collected using student perceptions of inter-professional education instruments. Multiple logistic regression analysis is used for data analysis. The results show that there is no significant effect between types of the study program with communication on inter-professional education. It is very important to strengthen values and roles and responsibilities in order to improve students' communication in inter-professional education. The educational programs of the health professions should emphasise values and roles and responsibilities when designing inter-professional education curricula. © 2020 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.