TEAM UP™ Outcomes

SPICE-R2

Many institutions use attitudinal and perception surveys to measure interprofessional education (IPE) outcomes. Although outcomes from these surveys cannot predict behaviors, educators use the Theory of Planned Behavior¹ to support the use of these validated instruments. If the decision to change behavior is directly related to a change in attitudes and beliefs,¹ using instruments, such as the SPICE-R2² throughout an academic journey provides insight to IPE curricula impact.

As a requirement of the curriculum, students complete the Student Perceptions of Interprofessional Clinical Education-Revised instrument, version 2 (SPICE-R2) after engaging in both Year 1 and 2. The SPICE-R2 includes ten items across three factors: Interprofessional Teamwork and Team-based Practice (4 items), Roles/Responsibilities for Collaborative Practice (3 items), and Patient Outcomes from Collaborative Practice (3 items). Students rate their level of agreement using the following 5-point Likert-type scale: 1=strongly disagree, 2=disagree, 3=neutral, 4=agree, 5=strongly agree. The bar graph below provides an overview of the change in total SPICE-R2 score of all students participating since 2017.

References:

1. Fishbein M, Ajzen I. Beliefs, attitudes, intentions, and behavior. Boston: Adison-Wesley; 1975.
2. Zorek JA, Lockeman KS, Eickhoff JC, Gunaldo TP. Multi-institutional validation of the Student Perceptions of Interprofessional Clinical Education-Revised instrument, version 2 (SPICE-R2). American Interprofessional Health Collaborative and Canadian Interprofessional Health Collaborative, Collaborating Across Borders Meeting, Banff, Canada, October 2, 2017.