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Curran, V. R., Heath, O., Kearney, A., and Button, P. (2010). Evaluation of an interprofessional collaboration workshop for post­‐graduate residents, nursing and allied health professionals. Journal of Interprofessional Care, 24(3): 315–318.

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This version of the Attitudes Toward Health Care Teams Scale is a 14-item tool on the 5-point scale  that can be used to determine the effect of interprofessional education on quality of care and teamwork. The 2 subscales for this tool are quality of care/process and cost of team care (Curran et al., 2010).

Nursing, Medicine, Social Work, Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy and Psychology

137 students from several health disciplines

Internal consistency Cronbach's α = .83

costs of team care (time constraints)

Internal consistency Cronbach's α = .83

vcurran@mun.ca

Same as Leipzig et al. (2002)

Undergraduate students, Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, Speech Language Pathology, Social Work and Psychology

363 students and practitioners

Not reported

team efficiency

Not reported

physician's shared role on team

Not reported

Curran, V. R., Sharpe, D., Forristall, J., and Flynn, K. (2008). Attitudes of health sciences students towards interprofessional teamwork and education. Learning in Health and Social Care, 7(3), 146‐156.

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This version of the Attitudes Toward Health Care Teams Scale is a 14-item tool on a 5-point scale  that can be used to determine effect of interprofessional education on quality of care and teamwork. The 2 subscales for this tool are quality of care/process and time constraints (Curran et al., 2007).

Medicine (195), Nursing (762), Pharmacy (113) and Social Work (109)

1179 students from 4 health disciplines

Cronbach's α = .83

time constraints

Cronbach's α = .83

vcurran@mun.ca

Curran, V. R., Sharpe, D., and Forristall, J. (2007). Attitudes of health sciences faculty members towards interprofessional teamwork and education. Medical Education, 41(9), 892‐896.

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This version of the Attitudes Toward Health Care Teams Scale is a 14-item tool on a 5-point scale  that can be used to determine effect of interprofessional education on quality of care and teamwork. The 2 subscales for this tool are quality of care/process and time constraints (Curran et al., 2007).

Medicine (195), Nursing (762), Pharmacy (113) and Social Work (109)

194 faculty from 4 health disciplines

Cronbach's α = .88

time constraints

Cronbach's α = .88

vcurran@mun.ca

Fulmer, T., Hyer, K., Flaherty, E., Mezey, M., Whitelaw, N., Jacobs, M. O., Luchi, R., Hansen, J. C., Evans, D. A., Cassel, C., Kotthoff-­‐Burrell, E., Kane, R., and Pfeiffer, E. (2005). Geriatric interdisciplinary team training program: Evaluation results. Journal of Aging Health, 17(4), 443-­‐470.

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Same as Leipzig et al. (2002)

Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Social Work, Dentistry, Physical Therapy,  Occupational Therapy, Health Administration, Pastoral Counseling and Law

537 postgraduate students

Overall Cronbach's α = .87 For attitudes toward team value α = .85 For attitudes toward team efficiency α = .76 For attitudes toward physician shared role α = .75

attitudes toward team efficiency

Overall Cronbach's α = .87 For attitudes toward team value α = .85 For attitudes toward team efficiency α = .76 For attitudes toward physician shared role α = .75

attitudes toward physician shared role

Overall Cronbach's α = .87 For attitudes toward team value α = .85 For attitudes toward team efficiency α = .76 For attitudes toward physician shared role α = .75

terry.fulmer@nyu.edu

Heinemann, G.D., Schmitt, M.H., and Farrell, M.P. Attitudes toward health care teams. In Heinemann, GD, and Zeiss, AM. (Eds.) Team performance in health care: Assessment and Development. (pp. 155-159). New York: Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers, 2002.

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Leipzig, R. M., Hyer, K., Ek, K., Wallenstein, S., Vezina, M. L., Fairchild, S., Cassel, C.K., and Howe, J. L. (2002). Attitudes toward working on interdisciplinary healthcare teams: A comparison by discipline. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 50(6), 1141-­‐1148.

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This modified version of the Attitudes Toward Health Care Teams Scale is a 21-item tool with a 6-point scale  that can be used to determine attitudes of  health care students on interprofessional teamwork.  The 3 subscales for this tool are team value, team efficiency and physician's shared role on team (Leipzig et al., 2002). 

Medicine (367), Nursing (135) and Social Work (89)

591 postgraduate students from 20 disciplines

See Heinemann (1999)

team efficiency

See Heinemann (1999)

physician's shared role on team

See Heinemann (1999)

Hyer, K., Fairchil, S., Abraham, I., Mezey, M., and Fulmer, T. (2000). Measuring attitudes related to interdisciplinary training: Revisiting the Heinemann, Schmitt and Farrell attitudes toward health care teams' scale. Journal of Interprofessional Care, 14(3), 249-­‐258.

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This modified version of the Attitudes Toward Health Care Teams Scale is a 21-item tool with a 6-point scale  that can be used to determine attitudes of  health care students on interprofessional teamwork.  The 3 subscales for this tool are: quality of care/process, costs of team care and physician centrality (Hyer et al., 2002). 

Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Social Work, Dentistry, Therapy, Health Administration, Pastoral Counseling and Law

913 students in geriatric interdisciplinary team training (GITT)

Overall Cronbach's α = .87 For attitudes toward team value α = .85 For attitudes toward team efficiency α = .76 For attitudes toward physician shared role α = .75

costs of team care

Overall Cronbach's α = .87 For attitudes toward team value α = .85 For attitudes toward team efficiency α = .76 For attitudes toward physician shared role α = .75

physician centrality

Overall Cronbach's α = .87 For attitudes toward team value α = .85 For attitudes toward team efficiency α = .76 For attitudes toward physician shared role α = .75

Heinemann, G. D., Schmitt, M. H., Farrell, M. P., & Brallier, S. A. (1999). Development of an attitudes towards health care team scale. Evaluation & The Health Professions, 22(1), 123-142.

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The Attitudes Toward Health Care Teams Scale is a 20-item tool that has the quality of care/process (14 items) and physician centrality (6 items) subscales on a 4-point scale. The quality of care/process subscale measures team members' perceptions of the quality of care delivered by health care teams and the quality of teamwork to accomplish this. The physician centrality subscale measures team members' attitudes toward physicians' authority in teams and their control over information about patients. It can be used to determine the effect of educational interventions for teams  and evaluating practice-based team training programs for health care students and clinicians (Heinemann et al., 1999).

Medicine, Social Work, Nursing, Audiology, Pastoral Counseling, Dietetics, Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, Recreation Therapy, Speech Therapy, Optometry, Pharmacy, Podiatry and Psychology

1018 interdisciplinary geriatric health care teams

Quality of Care: Internal consistency Cronbach's α: = .87 Test-retest correlation: r = .71 (p<.001)

physician centrality

Physician centrality: Internal consistency Cronbach's α = .75 Test-retest correlation, r = .36 (p<.05)

cost of care

Costs of care: Internal consistency Cronbach's α = .72 Test-retest correlation, r = .42 (p<.05)

Brown, G. F. and Chamberlin, G. D. (1996). Attitudes toward quality, costs, and physician centrality in healthcare teams. Journal of Interprofessional Care, 10(1), 63-­‐72.

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This  version of the Attitudes Toward Health Care Teams Scale is a 20-item tool with a 5-point scale  that can be used to determine attitudes toward quality, costs, and physician centrality in healthcare teams. The 2 subscales for this tool are quality of care/process and physician centrality (Brown and Chamberlin, 2002). 

Medicine, Nursing, Social Work, Pharmacy

200 health professionals from 4 disciplines

See Heinemann (1988 & 1991)

physician centrality

See Heinemann (1988 & 1991)