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Twenty-nine graduate and upper level trainees from multiple health professions functioned as temporary members on an established Geriatrics Team for a minimum of 10 hours per week during a semester. Each student completed a modified version of the Interprofessional Perception Scale pre— and post-training. Analysis showed changes in perceptions toward physicians but not physical therapists and no changes in how they thought those disciplines perceived themselves. A nursing/social work subgroup of students demonstrated positive changes toward physicians in the areas of status, trust, and ethics. However, nurses had a negative change in how they viewed physicians' competence. Understanding the development of interprofessional perceptions can help in establishing curriculum for both graduate and continuing health professional education.

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