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This article reports student perceptions and readiness for interprofessional education in the rural clinical learning environment in one region of Australia. The mixed methods approach used a survey, interviews and focus groups. The findings indicated students had numerous opportunities for interprofessional education, to observe role modelling in the workplace and considered that learning with other professions would help them become more effective members of the health care team. Students valued learning about collaborative practice, the roles of other professions and identified activities that enhanced interprofessional engagement. These results demonstrate that there are numerous opportunities to embed interprofessional education within the rural clinical learning environment and offer new insights into students' experiences and preferences for potential activities.

Professions/Disciplines represented in the resource:

Nursing, allied health and medicine undergraduate students