IIC: Index for Interdisciplinary Collaboration

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Index of Interdisciplinary Collaboration (IIC) was developed to measure the self-reported level of collaboration amongst professionals (originally social workers and other professionals) and these professional interactions with the goal of improved services to clients.

The 49-item 5-point scale Index of Interdisciplinary Collaboration tool is used to assess aspects and levels of interprofessional collaboration in an organization. The tool has 5 subscales: interdependence, newly created professional activities, flexibility, collective ownership of goals and reflection on process.

Reference	Parker Oliver, D., Wittenberg‐Lyles, E. M., and Day, M. (2007). Measuring interdisciplinary perceptions of collaboration on hospice teams. American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, 24(1), 49‐53. PLEASE NOTE: Only those with paid subscriptions to SAGE Journals Online may access the full text of this copyright-protected article. Contact your institutional library or the publisher for details.
Tool Description	The 42-item 5-point scale Index of Interdisciplinary Collaboration (IIC) tool is a modified version of the 2002 IIC created to assess interprofessional collaboration in an organization. The tool has 4 subscales: interdependence and flexibility, newly created professional activities, collective ownership of goals, and reflection on process (Parker Oliver et al., 2007).
Country	United States
Setting	Hospice
Professions	Medicine, Nurse, Social Work, Pastoral Counseling, Dietician, Volunteer, Therapist, Team Leader and Health Adminstration
Sample	95 staff members from 11 disciplines
Subscale(s) & Psychometrics	interdependence & flexibility	Internal consistency: Cronbach's α: Whole scale = .93 Interdependence = .87, Flexibility = .87
	newly created professional activities	Newly created activities = .77
	collective ownership of goal	Collective ownership of goals = .80
	reflection on process	Reflection on process = .79
Contact	oliverdr@missouri.edu

Reference	Bronstein, L. R. (2002). Index of interdisciplinary collaboration. Social Work Research, 26(2), 113‐126. PLEASE NOTE: Only those with paid subscriptions to Oxford Journals Online may access the full text of this copyright-protected article. Contact your institutional library or the publisher for details.
Tool Description	The 49-item 5-point scale Index of Interdisciplinary Collaboration tool is used to assess aspects and levels of interprofessional collaboration in an organization. The tool has 5 subscales: interdependence, newly created professional activities, flexibility, collective ownership of goals and reflection on process (Bronstein, 2002).
Country	United States
Setting
Professions	Social work
Sample	462 social workers
Subscale(s) & Psychometrics	interdependence	Test-retest reliability r = .824 (p< .01)
	newly created professional activities	Internal consistency: Cronbach's α = .92 for 49 items, α = .92 for 42 items
	flexibility	Internal consistency for 5 subscales: Cronbach's α = .56 - .82 for 49 items Cronbach's α = .62 - .82 for 42 items
	collective ownership of goal	Construct validity: No significant correlations between demographics and scores
	reflection on process	Convergent construct validity: Significant correlations between scores and professional affiliation, agency organization and structural characteristics, personal relationships among collaborators, prior history of collaboration
Contact	lbronst@binghamton.edu